背景调查:为什么网上搜索是不够的

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2022年11月17日

For some people, it’s a mantra: “You can Google pretty much anything you want to know.不是这样的. 特别是在 背景调查. We often meet with companies interested in our strategic 背景调查 into key personnel, 业务合作伙伴和值得信赖的内部人士. Many of these prospective clients seek a better understanding of best-in-class processes that could only be achieved in a background investigation led by an experienced investigator. These types of 调查 are much more effective than a tech-savvy online sleuth or automated investigative software directed by hidden search algorithms.

战略目标的混合

First, let’s talk about what leads companies to seek background investigative support. 对很多客户来说, 这些调查使他们能够评估可信性, 完整性, and professional history of a subject or gather business intelligence about a company or potential business partner. Others seek a greater understanding of their adversaries in litigation or tangible knowledge of a subject’s solvency and wealth. Some are looking for information about a subject’s past behavioral history and potential for violence.

调查范围

彩宝网平台要撒多宽的网? 这部分取决于基线因素, 例如客户的目标以及预算和截止日期.g.(三天,两周). 它还取决于主语的名字有多常见.g., John Smith), where they have resided over the duration of the look-back (e.g.(7年,10年)以及这些地区的在线法庭记录. We also need to consider whether or not mid-project findings suggest the need to physically obtain specific filings and records for deep-dive analysis

结果可能是常规的,也可能是爆炸性的

Not finding compromising information is the most common result and a positive outcome for these types of 调查 as they provide assurance from a risk management perspective. 在彩宝网平台工作的过程中, 彩宝网平台还发现了一些非常确凿的信息, 或者对客户特别重要的发现.

无论哪种方式, our client is rewarded through risk assurance along with the ability to exit a relationship early in the process and avoid costly consequences to reputation and business operations. Here are few real-world examples where investing in a background investigation provided significant return value:

  • Case #1: Accessing the courthouse archives opened the digital curtain that had obscured a proposed business partner’s extensive, 几十年的犯罪历史.
  • 案例2:彩宝网平台的发现导致了监控, which confirmed that a group of employees was meeting with representatives of a competitor in violation of the employees’ agreements and obligations.
  • 未密封的离婚记录显示有多起, 严重的家庭暴力事件可以追溯到多年前.

彩宝网平台搜索什么

While each search is different, most of the time we look for the following information:

  • 当前和以前的地址,电话号码和电子邮件地址
  • 亲戚
  • 教育,职业经历和执照
  • 公司联系
  • Criminal records, civil litigation, bankruptcies, liens and judgments
  • 物业及车辆纪录
  • 新闻报道、社交媒体帖子和其他在线活动

彩宝网平台在很多地方发现了一些模糊的信息, 比如新娘或婴儿登记, 结婚证, 选民登记记录, 还有性犯罪者登记. We’ve also found information in small town courthouses in rural jurisdictions without online records (a geographical challenge that requires court runners) and even obituaries, 对死者和幸存者都适用.

在线搜索可能会受到限制

A common misperception by many organizations is that online searches can be “good enough.根据客户的目标,这可能是真的. But many of our new clients reach out to us because an internet search failed to uncover critical issues, risks and concerns that later emerged under compromising circumstances.

  • Many of the so-called “comprehensive” reports that we use as a starting point don’t include federal cases nor do they include all counties across the United States.
  • 很多你.S. jurisdictions – especially small, rural ones – don’t have data online. 当他们这样做时,数据可能只涵盖有限的时间框架.
  • 有些司法管辖区允许民事搜查,但不允许刑事搜查. 此外, while most state websites attest that their online criminal database is “statewide,“有几个州这样宣称是错误的.
  • “全国刑事搜查”一词是一个概念,而不是现实. Some law enforcement databases are the exception, but access is limited. Some federal, state or local sites require users to be licensed private investigators or attorneys.

另外, online searches can be rife with technical minutiae that can obscure available information or lead to misleading findings. 搜索字符串和协议因数据库而异. 行政行为——比如标点符号, 礼, 特殊字符的使用, 拼写错误, misspellings or requirements for precise spelling – can undermine an online investigation and result in false, 不准确的, 或者不完整的结果和结论.

整合物理和在线搜索技术是最佳实践

多年来, our team has compiled many vignettes and cautionary insights that can be loosely categorized as critical information we would have missed with a simple Google or quick database search. 这些“战争故事”包括, 例如, 对当前和家庭动态的细致入微的见解, 没有记录的危及生命的伤害原因, 拥有未登记的枪支, 以及研究对象日常活动的细节. 集体, we take these small nuggets of information to generate factual findings as well as estimates and projections with a bearing on the client’s risk.

Jensen Hughes can help you uncover critical intelligence and insight in support of mergers, 收购, 合作伙伴关系, 执行招聘, 董事会任命, 声誉分析和市场进入. 了解更多彩宝网的背景和尽职调查 调查服务.

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黛布拉K. 科比
黛布拉有巡逻行动的指挥经验, 调查, 有组织犯罪, 执法培训, 政策发展, data-led policing and internal affairs with an acute focus on 完整性 systems, covert operations and the need for strong accountability practices in support of operational priorities.