Depending on the type of research you require, we obtain information via:

• • publicly available resources and business directories, which are checked for authenticity and “fake news”;
  • advanced searches on the internet and darknet as well as discrete social media analysis (as an Open Source Intelligence Expert ®);
  • door-to-door enquiries, if there is no risk of “incineration” of the assignment;
  • witness statements, interviews and questioning subject to the prior consent of the person in question;
  • desk research, e.g. a detailed analysis of records, photographs and video recordings;
  • our select network of multidisciplinary experts, subject to your prior consent;
  • legitimate data extraction using API’s or open sources;
  • digital data analysis, when the client -as entrepreneur- provides the data and figures;
  • discrete, goal-oriented, short-term, mobile and static surveillance missions (no long-term monitoring; no investigations without a legitimate interest);
  • short-term, targeted undercover missions, if there are no other investigative options for truth-finding.