What does a Private Investigator do?

Professional Private Investigators are invaluable resources in today’s private and corporate environment and work hand-in-hand with security professionals in obtaining information and intelligence for clients. When we think about espionage, we tend to think about espionage between governments. But, in fact, most of the espionage that occurs in today’s world is actually corporate/industrial espionage and for this reason, corporations are continuously worried about their trade secrets. For example, Germany estimated that their corporations lost about $69 billion due to corporate spies in 2009.

Private Investigators can also serve private individuals and families. Domestic and sexual violence is an ongoing battle for victims and those organizations who seek to help those victims. In Virginia in 2012, 37,045 emergency protective orders were granted and 13,974 of those orders were in acts of violence, force, or threats cases. Stratus Defense Group investigators have worked many domestic violence cases where we’ve performed surveillance on protective order respondents to ensure they’re in compliance with the orders and do not pose an immediate threat to our clients. Our investigators build case files on subjects to become familiar with them and their habits so that surveillance activities are more productive.

Here are some of the types of work our Investigators specialize in

• Surveillance and Counter-surveillance
• Workers Compensation
• Domestic Violence
• Marital Infidelity
• Child Custody
• Corporate
  • Employee investigations
  • Theft and Loss prevention
  • Espionage
  • Civil/Criminal claim support
• Process Service