PI News Round-up - February 28, 2008

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February 28, 2008

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This week, UK industry research and scandals in the industry had the staff at PInow.com talking. These are our picks for industry news stories of the week:

PI Trends Today
CAPE COD, MA - Jimmie Mesis, editor-in-chief of PI Magazine, reports that a PI industry trend is government agencies hiring PI services. Municipal governments over the past few years have been turning to PI services in greater numbers for background checks, pre-employment screening and residency verifications. Colleges and schools have been hiring PIs to confirm that students live where they claim to live. Mesis notes that other trends have to do with technology rather than with jobs. PIs, for example, are using laptops and research skills rather than door-to-door research. Women in the field also are becoming a force to be reckoned with.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Cape Cod Times, February 24, 2008

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PIs and New York Police Crack Down in Counterfeiting
NEW YORK CITY, NY - Police raided Chinatown shops selling counterfeit goods, seizing more than $1 million in knockoff products. They found imitated Prada, Fendi, Rolex, Calvin Klein, Gucci and other famous labels. Mayor Michael Bloomberg notes that the bust is one of the largest in New York's history. Undercover detectives began the project as early as January, buying counterfeit goods from 56 vendors in the area. PI firm Counter-Tech Investigations Inc., assisted police in the bust.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Women’s Wear Daily, February 27, 2008

PI Image Changing
UNITED KINGDOM - Paul Hawkes, owner of Research Associates, reports that PIs such as himself are seeing more business from ordinary citizens. One reason may be that PIs are becoming standard professionals involved in divorce cases. Hawkes also notes that women have become more practical and are seeking solutions rather than refusing to look at unpleasant possibilities – such as a spouse who may be unfaithful.
	Read full article and comment	Source: The Times Online, February 25, 2008

More PIs in UK Kept Busy With Infidelity Cases
UNITED KINGDOM - New research released in the UK shows that more people are hiring PIs to uncover cheating. Research by Grant Thornton’s Forensic and Investigation Services practice shows that twice as many women as men used PI services in 2007. According to the study, more than two thirds of divorce lawyers had at least one client using a PI in the past year.
	Read full article and comment	Source: icWales, February 25, 2008

PI on Madeleine McCanns' Case May Be Involved in Cocaine Case
LONDON - PI Antonio Jimenez, who was a business partner of Maria Fernandez Lado, founder of Metodo 3, the agency famously involved in the McCann case, has been arrested for allegedly helping to smuggle £25 million worth of cocaine. Half a ton of cocaine disappeared from a container docked in Barcelona in 2005 and it is believed a gang, assisted by Jimenez, is to blame.
	Read full article and comment	Source: The Daily Mail, February 23, 2008