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Divorce, Separation & Covid-19: What They Have in Common & How a Private Investigator Can Help

Many Canadians expected that 2022 may be starkly different from what we have endured over the past two years. With vaccination rates surpassing 90%, there was hope that the new year would bring more freedom from the crutches of a…

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Is It Legal to Hire a Private Investigator?

In your favourite prime-time crime drama, Private Investigators (PIs) are portrayed as shady characters who operate outside the law, cutting corners and doing the things the police won’t do. They chain-smoke cheap cigarettes, and only work at night, much like…

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Private Investigators: Supporting You Through Child Custody Investigations

The wellbeing of your children is, without a doubt, the number one priority for any parent. It is for this very reason that child custody battles can be emotionally taxing, stressful affairs, particularly when one parent believes that the other…

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Who Cheats More: Men or Women? Through The Eyes of a Private Investigator!

There’s little doubt about; infidelity in Canada is prevalent from coast to coast. In fact, a shocking 1 in 10 Canadians have admitted to cheating on their partner, and over 20% claim to have seriously considered doing so[i]! But which…

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An Inside Look into Child Custody Investigations Through the Eyes of a Private Investigator

Child custody cases are often fraught with emotion, with accusations flying back and forth, and matters getting increasingly more contentious over time. And this is not entirely surprising; children are your lifeblood and are inherently more complex to divide between…

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Brand Protection, Brandjacking & How a Private Investigator Can Help!

Before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced the names of their newborn twins, Vivienne and Knox, they secured the domain names of every possible variation of the children’s names. By doing this, they were protecting their brand and those of…

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Infidelity Statistics, Workplace Cheating & How a Private Investigator Can Help

Karen and Moira were having cocktails one Friday evening when Karen confided in Moira that a good friend of theirs was having an affair with her boss. “It seems like everyone I know is having sex with everyone except their…

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The Most Common Reasons to Hire a Private Investigator

Both people and businesses hire private investigators, and have been doing for centuries (since the mid-1800s, to be exact!). For some clients, it’s about protecting their assets, themselves, or their loved ones, and for others it’s about ensuring that they…

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Surveillance in Private Investigations: What You Need to Know!

At its core, surveillance is a critical tool used in most Private Investigations in which highly skilled operatives closely observe a person, scene, or object (such as a vehicle) to gather answers about their activity and movement. But the versatility…

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The Types of Corporate Fraud That a Private Investigator Can Help With

A 2017 survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) revealed that Canadian businesses that said they’d been defrauded, reported a median loss of USD 200,000. These cases lasted a median of twelve months before they were detected. In…

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