PInow.com Weekly News Round-up |
October 22, 2009 |
If you have contributions for News or Events, please contact us at (888) 997-4669 or email us here.
|
Drug Investigations Stymied in Mexico |
JUAREZ, MEXICO — Investigators looking into Mexico’s drug war are reporting increased worry about violence on the job. Many investigators are killed while looking into corruption and drug trafficking and this has made some investigators wary and anxious. While President Felipe Calderon has ordered soldiers to help investigations, professional investigators note that soldiers are not trained in investigations and often contaminate crime scenes and destroy evidence while looking for clues. |
 |
Read full article and comment |
Source: The Hearld Tribune, October 17, 2009 |
PI Investigation leads to an Unsolved Murder Case |
TROY, NY – Investigators looking into the death of John Curry last December were not able to discover who killed the student. Medical Examiner Michael Sikirica ruled the death a homicide, but some police detectives believed the case was a suicide. Curry’s family hired PIs to prove that the case was not a suicide. The PIs found that police may have used “pseudo-science” as evidence of suicide. |
|
Read full article and comment |
Source: The Record, October 16, 2009 |
Desperate Housewives Increase Infidelity Among Women |
DUBLIN, IRELAND – A new survey has found that women may be cheating in greater numbers than men. Opera North in the UK conducted a poll in September and found that infidelity initiated by women has grown in increasing amounts. Three out of ten men polled admitted to cheating while four of ten women surveyed admitted to being unfaithful. Experts note that the increase may be because women now have more opportunities to cheat, as more women have hobbies, interests and careers that take them out of the home and into scenarios where they can meet other men. |
|
Read full article and comment |
Source: The Irish Independent, October 19, 2009 |
Missing Sex Offenders Prompt PI Searches |
PHOENIX, AZ – According to the President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Ernie Allen, 80% of the 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States are unaccounted for. Even though they are registered and are supposed to inform authorities of their place of residence, no one knows where they are living. Along with Allen, experts believe that some of the child abduction cases across the country may be due to these sex offenders.
|
|
Read full article and comment |
Source: Phoenix Law Enforcement Examiner, October 20, 2009 |
ISPLA Meets with the Federal Trade Commission |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - ISPLA’s Chairman Peter Psarouthakis and Bruce Hulme, Director of Government Affairs, were joined by ISPLA Executive Committee members and recently met with representatives of the Division of Privacy and Identification Protection from the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC was presented with industry position statements regarding several pending bills in Congress. If Congress passes the bills, access to database information that is routinely used and relied up will be curtailed. |
|
Read full article and comment |
Source: ISPLA, October 13, 2009 |
Industry Events
|
| |
| Investigative & Security Professional Association of Georgia, Inc |
| ISPAG Annual Fall Seminar for Computer Forensic/Security Training |
November 6, 2009
Quality Inn & Suites
McDonough, GA
|
| |
| more info |
|
|
|
|
