Tuesday 7 May 2019
The truth of the detectives that changes your life
On May 2, J. Oliver and A. Oliver were invited to discuss, in the program de
boca a orella of RNE, Radio 4, about the profession of the private investigator
and his day today. This was because it was the day on which the 20th
anniversary of the creation of the association of private detectives of
Catalonia, the first association at European level and recognized
internationally, was commemorated.
The work of the private detective is often defined as the profession where
the life of other people is investigated, but often without authorization for
it. It could not be a more incorrect definition. The work of the detective has
to be objective, it is regulated and it must be legitimate to investigate the
person the client asks for. You can not investigate if there is no
legitimation.
The function of the detective is to seek the truth, always. There are times
when that truth is not what the client wants or was waiting for, but it is the
one that he receives from the professionals he has hired to reveal his
uncertainties.
Usually, the client contacts these professionals because they have a
suspicion about one of the most diverse possible topics, both at a business and
personal level. It can be a case of infidelity, alimony, false pretense,
illegal rent or, for example, unfair competition. Due to the high number of
possible cases, the day to day of a detective is usually always different,
spending many hours in the street investigating and looking for evidence to
contribute to the clients. Tests that if they are not legally obtained, they are
useless.
Besides the work in the street, the detective looks for the information in
all the means at his disposal. Many times the researchers themselves
"help" in the process because they publish their entire lives on
social networks or on the web. An example of this is the Airbnb boom in the
rental of illicit tourist flats that has increased enormously and where all the
information is usually available to those searching for it online, but
providing proof of that is often not so simple. It is here that the work of the
private investigator enters.
However, it is important to clarify that investigating and spying are
different concepts that many people tend to mix. Spying is an illegal activity
while investigative work by the detective is legal and regulated by law. Not
everyone can investigate and be named a detective, he must be properly
qualified and have a professional license.
Reality always surpasses fiction and there is nothing more rewarding than
being able to discover a truth that has the capacity to change someone's life
for the better, without ever forgetting that ends do not justify the means and
that everything has to be within the border existing legal.
To listen to the entire interview, access HERE.
Sindia Alves and A. Oliver
Anthropologist and Detective
of Oliver Detectives
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