4 Main reasons individuals hire a private investigator in South Africa

The major reason any individual will hire a private investigator in South Africa is that finding evidence of wrongdoing in any scenario would be dangerous for a private citizen, especially since we don’t have the experience or the avenues available to us that private investigators do.

This is especially true when the case may involve life-threatening situations brought about through domestic abuse or infidelity. Should the family or friends get involved in trying to gather proof it’ll raise the level of risk to unacceptable heights for all involved.

It is essential that if any evidence that is gathered is to be used in court, that it be found and produced by an experienced professional private investigator, specifically so that the victim or family members not raise that threat level.

When the lives of children and spouses are at risk, it’s imperative that you hire a private investigator to protect and support you while he gathers evidence that will be irrefutable in a court of law.

Your first step should be to contact King Investigators in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, a team of investigators you can rely on to protect your interests with consummate skill based on over ten years experience as investigators.

4 Main reasons private individuals hire a private investigator in South Africa:

Divorce & Infidelity

If your spouse is cheating on you, and you need undeniable evidence that can be produced in court, the evidence has to be of such a high standard that the opposing party cannot cast doubt on any of it, and that the judge is able to see that the evidence was gathered legally, without bending any rules.

Being involved in gambling, drug pushing or use, along with other criminal activities on the part of your spouse definitely calls for the services of professionals, those that are highly trained in ferreting out evidence that can be relied on.

Spousal & Parental Abuse

No matter how often the issue of domestic abuse by a spouse or parent is discussed in the media, highlighted by police services and others who are involved in assisting women and children that are being abused, it is still an issue that remains hidden in a vast percentage of cases.

We are all well aware of the fact that all the police services can do is to arrest and hold the abuser overnight,  and that in fact, it often takes the death of a spouse or child for them to be able to make a criminal case stick.

Evidence is what is needed, and, in many cases, the victim can and does keep record of the abuse as much as is possible, however, putting the evidence to the test and getting professional backup in the form of a private investigator, can and does lead to criminal prosecution.

Your private investigator will be able to guide and support you as evidence is gathered to be used in a divorce or child custody case, and above all, it’ll be evidence that can stand the closest scrutiny in court.

Custody of Minor Children

No matter how vicious or traumatic a custody battle is, the one thing that counts most in protecting children from a parent that may not have the best interests of the child at heart, is abusive or an addict, and even perhaps using the child as a weapon against the opposing party, the child’s rights come first!

Even a hint at child endangerment, abuse or neglect, backed up by undeniable evidence, is enough to make sure the children will be in the best hands possible.

Your private investigator knows exactly how to go about gathering the type of evidence that will assist you to protect your child from any of these situations, and it’s the foremost way to present your case to the court.

Hidden Assets

As unfortunate as it is, many a divorce becomes a battle to claim what is owed to either party in financial terms, which often leads to the hiding of assets and funds.

The only way to ensure that everything is out in the open in terms of assets and funds, is to hire a private investigator to follow the trail and provide solid evidence of assets that have been hidden, to provide you with the protection you deserve when the situation becomes acrimonious.

Irrespective of whether you need evidence in order to protect yourself and your children, make sure that you contact the registered private investigators at King Investigators. This is a team of professionals that have the necessary background, experience and knowledge that’ll be a necessity for you in such profoundly personal circumstances.

King Investigators provide backup & support to protect your business interests

With an economy in a decidedly deadly downward spiral, businesses have become unfortunate victims to employee theft, which, though it may include ‘smaller’ things like helping themselves to printing paper now and then, also includes the misappropriation of company funds or pilfering of products.

It may take a while for an employer to become aware of losses in certain departments, and even when the losses can be quantified, finding the culprit and bringing them to justice will take a lot more than mere suspicion.

South African economic crime is higher than the global average!

Crime syndicates offer substantial payments for confidential and sensitive company information, which could include corporate espionage that could rob your company of secrets around new product development or the possibility of expanding.

Employee theft includes issues such as fiddling with funds in terms of inventing overtime that isn’t worked and can go as far as taking kickbacks from suppliers or buyers.

False invoices, the manipulation of accounts and even using company time to do personal work, are all white collar crimes that can allow employees to more than double their income.

A report released March 3rd 2020 in iOL reads ‘Economic crime in SA increases – PwC report’, reporting that South Africa’s rate of economic crime continues to remain significantly higher than the global average of 47%.

This was obviously just ahead of our hard lockdown due to COVID-19, which make these statistics frightening for any business, big or small, and the losses will not decrease at this critical time in the world economically.

In an economy that is has been crippled by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one can afford these kinds of losses, which is why many businesses hire King Investigators to get to the bottom of any of these crimes and to root out employees guilty of defrauding the company.

There are many examples of how employees are able to defraud your business and steal from your company, however, if you want to know exactly where your business is bleeding funds and what’s happening in your business behind the scenes, forming a working relationship with a private investigator will be one of the best decisions you can make to protect your interests.

The main reason it makes sense for a business to hire a private investigator is to beef up your need to be able to produce actual evidence against an employee before you can take any decision about the appropriate course of action to be taken against the guilty party.

King Investigators in Gauteng, South Africa, are the top team of investigators to have on your side when it comes to dealing with a team that has the experience and aptitude to investigate various forms of data, in order to get to the bottom of financial fraud, internal and external theft, asset misappropriation and many other forms of business intelligence services.

These forms of investigations require an exceptional level of professionalism and experience, which is exactly what you can expect from Jacques Botha, owner of King Investigators, along with his team of registered and licensed investigators.

Take a proactive approach to protecting your business interests.

Starting right at the beginning, such as bringing King Investigators in to carry out in-depth employee background checks before you hire, is a great start to protecting your interests.

However, when despite this, losses continue, it may be time to institute polygraph tests and voice stress analysis tests, in an effort to root out the guilty parties and to put an end to the perpetrators of crime in your business.

It may even be necessary for one of the team of investigators at King Investigators to go undercover in your business, to get to the bottom of a criminal matter, in which case you can be sure that you’re dealing with consummate professionals who will not compromise the investigation.

If you need high quality investigative support to stop the drain on your profit margins, please contact Jacques and his team today to find out more about how these professionals can assist in protecting your business interests!