People Search

Most of my clients in the people search area are one of these types:

1) Lawyers - Attorneys - Solicitors - Law Firms

2) Insurance Companies

3) Private Investigation Agencies

4) Government Departments - Local & National/Federal

5) Business

6) Private Individuals

Back in the 1990's I founded Find-A-Person as a specialist people finder after returning to Australia from the UK; where I once located people for a UK Government organisation.

My clients & cases have included: government organisations, both large (including multinationals) and small companies, private individuals, banks, telecommunications providers, insurance companies, solicitors, TV & current affairs shows, radio stations, newspapers & magazines, credit unions, debt collectors, charge card & credit card companies, and other private investigators. I have also found people sought by, and given other assistance to, LEO's (Law Enforcement Officers).

I find people for all sorts of reasons:

Missing relatives, friends or business associates  

Missing debtors & "skips"

Missing witnesses

Missing defendants

Missing heirs

Finding missing people is often a big challenge and can be very rewarding; especially with the emotional side in cases which involve happy reunions when people find friends or family.

I also get a thrill when I find people who like to avoid their responsibilities to others & society; and skip out. The hunt - thrill of the chase.

Ernest Hemingway wrote:

"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted men long enough and liked it, never really care for (hunting) anything else thereafter."

Personally I am not into hunting animals, however I have done it in the past when a young man. There are various reasons why I could never hunt animals again; apart from for food/survival; and one of them is that I have to agree with Hemingway.

Once, long ago and shortly after I returned to Australia, I found a missing person wanted by NSW Police for very serious offences - I was after him for a debt of around $250,000 for a Queensland Government department and during the investigation discovered he was "wanted". The man was so careful his own mother didn't even know where he was. Whenever he phoned her, he used a call box and was careful what he said (Police were tapping the line and were unable to locate him). At the time I was sub contracting to another investigation company and informed the owner of my additional findings - the owner called the Police immediately and a local Officer came over ASAP. I wasn't allowed to see the officer which I thought was odd. A year or so later, when relating the incident to a friend I was informed that I may have missed out on a reward and that it may have been the reason why I didn't see the Police Officer. My ignorance was due to my limited time spent in Australia at that time.

The most unusual person search case I have ever worked on was when I "found" a dead person in three places. A female friend of the deceased man wanted to know where he had been laid to rest, however did not want to ask the family because they may have jumped to the wrong conclusions (he was married with children) as they (the family) did not know of the woman. The client struck me as being very genuine and honest, but in any case it was none of my business whether she had been having an affair. My very discreet, and sensitive investigations revealed that the man had been cremated, with his ashes spread in three locations special to him and the family. I cannot go into any more details for client confidentiality reasons.

Two or three times I found missing people actually in an Intensive Care Unit - ICU (accident or illness); though of course they were not approached by clients until after recovery. A number of people have been located after death in cemeteries; some of these were especially sad because the relative concerned had left it too long before initiating a trace. Others were missing debtors.

Another unusual case was an Australian debtor who was located in prison on an island state overseas for gun running - I had to inform the client that he would not be returning to Australia for a very long time.

These days it is much harder to find someone due to strengthened Privacy Laws and from the perspective of an experienced Private Investigator, I have noted that one of the key overall effects of these new regulations is that times are much easier for the bad guys now, and harder for the good, including the Police and other Security Services. Costs for society have risen as a result.

Once, I was one of the most active people finders in Australia, however these days I do not search for people as much as I once did.

If you need help with your people search then you have a number of options. You can obviously try to people search free, however in life you often "get what you pay for" and are likely to waste a lot of time in your people find attempts. You might be racking your brains as to how to: find person, find friend, find address, find email address, find phone number and so on without success. A specialist Private Investigator with experience in people search is what you really need to find a friend, find family, find people.

Contact me today on 61 421 27 28 29 or alex@Find-A-Person.Biz for an obligation free quote.

• Barmy privacy laws hinder Police yet do little for real privacy.
• Free People Search
• How I “found” a dead person in three places!
• Humorous look at privacy online – The Google Toilet
• You can run but you can’t hide.