The history of a private investigator (2 part article)

In 1833 a French soldier called Eugène François Vidocq, a French soldier, criminal and privateer, founded the first known private detective agency, "Le Bureau des Renseignements Universels pour le commerce et l'Industrie" (Office of Intelligence) and hired ex-convicts. ...

Private Investigators - Now a common and recognised industry...

Many years ago private investigators were very uncommon / unheard of and people just simply dealt with their issues as best as possible... The industry itself intrigues many people due to lack of understanding etc (also myself at times) and indeed once when chatting to a...

Private Investigators - Now a common and recognised industry...

Many years ago private investigators were very uncommon / unheard of and people just simply dealt with their issues as best as possible... The industry itself intrigues many people due to lack of understanding etc (also myself at times) and indeed once when chatting to a...

U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper

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The Spy who Superpoked me.

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Guatemalan president says his office was bugged

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'Environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours

When a citizen sees some other citizen do something wrong - like dropping litter - one might expect them tp perhaps mention it to the offender. "Excuse me but you've dropped this paper" - or if they were to come...

Newly released files show Julia Child was a spy

"By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 51 minutes ago ...

Big Brother for freelance slackers

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Jack White, Alicia Keys Bond Over New 007 Theme

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India accuses Pakistani ISI over Kabul attack on Embassy

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Israel unveils advanced spy plane

Amidst the Iranian missiles launches Israel have for the first time made public its latest spy plane in a mind game."Israel displayed its latest spy plane on Thursday in what defence officials said was a show of strength in response to Iranian war games and missile tests. The...

Indonesian spy to face charges over activist`s murder: police

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