Watching the Detectives
The secret world of Private Investigators - With the Law Society endorsing the ABI and regulation of the industry set for next year, Lawyers instructing private investigators have much to think about.
"The ABI has always been very wary of criminals masquerading as Private Investigators. What we (ABI) wanted to do was clean-up the profession and stop bone fide investigators being tarnished all the time through the media. The ABI has tightened its membership up as AN ALTERNATIVE TO LICENSING” – Peter Farrington ABI
Ian Withers (IMAGE ABOVE) is a former chairman of the World Association of Professional Investigators - WAPI. He reckons there are "somewhere between 10,000 and 25,000 investigators" and argues that it is "totally wrong" that the ABI should become favoured by the Law Society.
He describes WAPI as "a competitor professional association with approximately the same membership". The ABI has set itself up "as a self policing body for the sector", he says "I don't think that's acceptable for the vast majority of investigators. That's why alternate associations were formed."
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