It may be rude, but this is my opinion that I have voiced since the first day I was in the profession of Detetiva.
About scammers, scammers and suckers of detectives.
For a long time there has been a heated discussion of various programs regarding private detective work. The creation of trade unions and associations, various SROs, etc.
But alas, this does not bring real fruit to the field of Private Detective Activity.
Too many different hangers-on, crooks, crooks stuck to the feeder.
All and sundry are engaged in detective work, because private detectives are modest fluffy and harmless suckers.
In every city and village there are a lot of different hangers-on eating most of the cake given to the state by detectives.
In other industries, they create associations such as clean hands, calculate and punish, including with the help of detectives and select illegally bitten, many of us participate in these events and know how to do it.
But detectives only sigh and on their sites in the (bad) section only those who are clearly exposed or who have offended them are posted, and scammers, as they scammed and scammed, scammers were scammed and scammed.
But suckers are still detectives and advertise them on their sites and in communities.
More than 80% of dead souls, only 1 - 2% of really working detectives on the MOD site, are no secret
In Russia, at present, less than 1000 people have Private Detective Licenses, of which no more than 20% actually work.
So it turns out that we ourselves advertise scammers and scammers in our profession and rejoice.
Any attempts (at international sites) to bring order to detective work in Russia are immediately perceived with hostility, and most of all not only pseudo colleagues, but also colleagues from neighboring states fit into the discussion.
About 500 people have personal pages of detectives on the MOD site, the question arises - who are they?
More than 50% of them are not licensed, or have dead souls. Etc. etc.
I know a few from my region who have been prosecuted for fraud and scamming clients, there are no licenses for a long time and their sites are working, advertisements are posted on the sites of detective communities, and they both threw and throw clients.
Is it time to stop being suckers and put things in order in their business Lord Detectives?
Everyone positions themselves as great experts in the field of protecting a business, identifying facts of illegal activities in business, offering various checks, etc. etc. but they’re not interested in their business.
Who is stopping to put things in order in their business, to analyze, conduct measures to identify unscrupulous detectives, conduct test purchases, identify illegal detective activities and put everything in its place?
Laziness gentlemen or just the lack of professional skills, or without a sucker and life is bad?
But if Private Detectives themselves cannot protect their business, it remains only to hire charlatans, or to continue to be suckers in their profession.
For reference:
In many areas of Russian business, associations "Clean Hands", etc., have long existed, with their own rules and procedures.