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A background check on the existing company, as well as subcontractors and subsidiaries associated with the company, is an important, but usually overlooked starting point in terms of risk assessment and possible wrong decisions and thus bad investments to weigh.

A personal investigation can have many concerns. The most common is the search for a current registration address of a missing person. Of course, for reasons of data protection, it is not possible to arbitrarily search for information about persons of interest.

One of the most frequently commissioned services of the PRIMECHECK detective agency is the investigation of suspected fraudulent sick leave. The reason for an employee's absence from work can be not only a fake sick note, but also the taking up of an unauthorized secondary job that has not been announced to the employer.

Almost everyone knows the helpful spy tools from the James Bond movies. The microphone in the ballpoint pen or the camera in the wristwatch were popular tools for the secret agent. In contrast, the bug in the telephone receiver seemed almost antiquated. At the time these films were shown in cinemas, these technical feats were a thing of the future. But miniaturization in all areas of technology has meant that reality has long since caught up with fiction.

The corona virus not only dominates the social life of many people. Working life has also changed noticeably since the beginning of the pandemic. Many employees have permanently switched to working from home. And while this step is viewed positively by the majority of employees, mistrust and resistance is stirring among many employers.

What is OSINT and how do we use it for you? Information determines our everyday life. Newspapers, television and, last but not least, the Internet provide us with a wealth of different information every day. Not all are relevant. And often we are...