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At Global Investigations, we offer three types of surveillance to provide audio and visual demonstrations to clients. Our covert surveillance services are conducted by dedicated private agents who are highly trained and confidential. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in investigative backgrounds, rest assured that your target will not know they’re under surveillance at any time.
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All our covert investigation agents are trained to be highly conscientious, incredibly patient and fast-thinking.
For over 30 years, we have employed a variety of female and male private investigators, young and old, who are competent in all sorts of situations and are dressed appropriately and, crucially, are well-equipped for every eventuality.
Often, when clients use our private services, they will remark that they have not used or seen the level or standard employed by our Covert Investigations team before and are absolutely thrilled. We are trained and disciplined enough to know the professionalism that is required for all our roles and all the local relevant laws.
Our agents – in most circumstances – are able to report back to our clients with audio and visual demonstrations of what has happened that very day, and our full field teams are equipped to deal with every possible scenario that presents itself.
We operate throughout the UK with teams based all over who can respond anywhere within minutes and hours, 7 days a week.
The 3 main types of investgations we often undertake are:
Normally undertaken by one Agent. They can be secreted outside a property and will be employed to film and record the movements of a person, or persons at an address or location.
When we are asked to follow a person/persons. It is normally undertaken by a team, whether that be two, three, four or more Agents all moving from one area to another and across towns or the country. This can be on foot or by vehicle, on trains, buses and any other forms of transport depending on the requirements of the client. We have the capabilities of using a variety.
Far less common but still required when we are asked to monitor a scenario whilst in a rural area. We have Operatives that are placed into areas where they will need to be camouflaged and we use more specialised equipment such as long lens and thermal imagery.
One of the most frequently asked questions is whether the target will know they are under surveillance.
We can categorically state that this will not be the case.
Our Surveillance Agents are diverse and have a wealth of investigative experience. They have perfected the art of blending into whatever community or surrounding area is required. Their ultimate objectives are to obtain crucial information and do so in an incredibly covert way.
Often, we are asked to whom we report, and that is purely to our client and our client alone. We do not report our findings to anyone else, nor do we volunteer our information or reports to a national or public body, as we have client confidentiality in place.
For further information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Our surveillance is conducted within all relevant guidelines set out by The Association of British Investigators (ABI), of which senior personnel have been active members since 1996.
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This is very much case dependant, and our specialist consultants will advise on the number of agents required in our initial consultation. A larger team is generally more beneficial as we can ensure little to no mistakes if we have a target that is very aware.
We operate on an hourly rate basis and work in blocks of a minimum of five or six hours. The surveillance time will begin from the time our agents leave our base of operations and once we stand down from the operation, we will head back to base, which will be the recorded conclusion time of surveillance. Any additional fees incurred on the job (such as parking, entry fees, etc) will be charged to the client upon completion of the operation.
Distance is not an issue here at Global Investigations. We operate all over the UK and have specialist Operatives to ensure maximum coverage. We also work abroad and will travel abroad, as well as use trusted, respected and professional agents in other countries whom we have worked with many times before.
Ideally, we require at least 24-48 hours’ notice before initiating surveillance. This allows us to ensure we have the required number of Agents available, and the Agents can undertake open-source reconnaissance of the area before the job.
Please note we are undertaking the surveillance in the hope that the target does what the client presumes will occur in that time. We are not being paid for any resulting action and are merely custodians in monitoring the target and the place the client has instructed us to be at.
Yes, unlike other firms, we do so without any extra cost associated!
A surveillance report is provided for your records, and depending on what has initially been agreed, we will produce video footage, stills/photographs. Please be advised that if extra editing is required, an additional fee will be applied to the expenses invoice.
Normally, a surveillance operation cannot be cancelled or rescheduled a day before, as we have teams in place to undertake the work and their days must be organised in advance. Payment would still be required in full for any last-minute cancellations.
Yes, we are able to monitor employees that are suspected to be lying about their alleged sickness or possibly working elsewhere. Our surveillance team can ensure that a log is kept and photographic evidence provided as well as video footage if required. A detailed employee absenteeism report is provided with all evidence exhibited ensuring that it can be used in any forthcoming disciplinaries or actions.
Yes, with your instruction we can commence surveillance and record all movements, activities and interactions. Our surveillance team can ensure that a log is kept and photographic evidence provided as well as video footage if required. A detailed matrimonial surveillance report is provided with all evidence exhibited ensuring that you have the facts A detailed surveillance report is provided with all evidence exhibited.
Our surveillance service is £85 + VAT per hour, per agent and we work in blocks of 6 hours. We can also provide our tracking service which can be used alongside surveillance. This process is illuminating especially over a longer period, All information can be saved on a PC or on the app sent to you which enables you to view the car travelling live. We can offer an array of services under these circumstances. Another is our Digital Profile Service – this is a deep web search using a combination of the subjects names, usernames, phone numbers and which shows online activity.
We recommend 48 hours’ notice however we can accommodate same day surveillance if we have available agents.
Yes, we have colleagues located all over the world and if necessary, our agents can fly to the necessary destination and perform the surveillance.
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