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MP proposes to legalize the country's private investigation
Russian Sherlock Holmes now work virtually outside the law. Their activities are teetering on the brink of, what is not forbidden is allowed. And they themselves seem to exist, but not quite. After all, most Ukrainian private detective agencies registered as mass media (the media). But now private investigators offer to withdraw from the shadows into the light.

Detectives will drive into the framework of
It is not that the detective agency in Ukraine are very very underground work.
- In the Ukrainian legislation does not have rules that regulate the activities of private detectives. But their absence does not mean that such activity is prohibited. Outside the Law is part of the services provided by private investigators, for example, listening to the premises, the organization of video surveillance, - explains the lawyer Igor Malovsky.
April 12 to the parliament submitted a draft Law of Ukraine "On Private Detective (investigation) activities", which proposes to make the work of private detectives legal. It offers a fairly wide range of opportunities for private investigators and even allows the use of videotape and audiotape. But not possible to gather information about his personal life, religious and political beliefs.
Can not say that detectives were anxious that their activities have begun to regulate. On the one hand, and a complete legal work of their agencies - taxes and jobs. On the other, it is clear boundaries, where detectives will have to act. If the law is passed, then they will be in charge of the Interior Ministry, and quietly go "over the edge" will not succeed - fraud detectives held accountable.
However, the author of the bill, MP Vladimir Moysik believes that the legalization of private investigators will enable to organize the work and state law enforcement agencies. The explanatory note to the bill, he analyzes the experience of those countries where the activities of private investigators is quite legal. According to People's Deputy, law enforcement officers out there more responsible to their duties, and private detectives eliminate them from the small and non-core work.

Service to Othello
As in Ukraine, registration of detective agencies no one does, to name the exact number is difficult. But according to unofficial data, there are about 2 thousand. The staff of these organizations claim that they have no lack of customers.
- Who calls for the services of detectives often hard to say, although the percentage is probably individuals more often than not, - said the coordinator of the detective agency "Conrad" Yuri Conrad. - One of the most popular services - people search. Look for a distant relative, a friend, business partner, former officer or a subordinate, a classmate of the debtor, the first love, and idol - movie star or pop. Naturally, the search for such persons the police will not be engaged. The next question, sharp waves of our citizens - is adultery. To a detective agency or private investigator could reveal the fact of her husband's infidelity or adultery, sometimes only a couple of operational activities and sometimes need a full range of preparatory activities.
Services of private detectives are not cheap. Searches of the person will cost the customer in the 250-500 dollars, and deal with the fact of fidelity and infidelity is worth about $ 350 a day.
Quite active now, and business owners. Yuri says that bosses hired detectives to check the personnel search for spies and disclosure of financial fraud. Businessmen also collect dossiers on competitors and partners. Extremely popular with the polygraph, or lie detector. Most often, with his help they want to deal with theft and embezzlement in the company, as well as the leakage of information. Is it worth the "pleasure" of about 1.5 thousand UAH. Most business owners are checking the office on "bugs" and the video camera. Study 1 square. m room costs about $ 10.

The exposure on the spot
Private detectives due to the specifics of their work are often faced with unusual situations.
- Contact us for a service man, who suspected that the wife had a secret admirer. She was later to come home, she had her new jewelry. And what a surprise it was her husband, when he learned that his wife not trade it for another, but simply without his knowledge went into business - says J. Conrad.
According to him, there are cases when the husband asks his wife to provoke what is called a "live bait" or, on the contrary - the wife provokes her husband. In one case, the agency ordered the surveillance of the object, and it turned out the object and was a customer. He's just having fun, trying to "jump off the tail", checking the professionalism of detectives.
Recalls Yuri and another funny thing. The director of one of the company designed the employee to work for him to identify unscrupulous subordinates. Position sounded like "sales manager".
- The legend was great and we had hoped that the case will end soon, - says the head of the detective agency. - But on the first day when my co-worker went to "work", the head of the company gathered all his players and solemnly declared: "We have staff engaged in sabotage! We will expose you soon! We hired a detective, he was among you, and you will never guess who it is! ". It is easy to imagine the feelings that have covered at the time my co-worker, and later me.
Thank you for your assistance in the preparation of the material detective agency "Conrad» ( www.dobrobut.biz.ua).

WHAT THEY
In the U.S., the UK, France, Germany, Canada, India, Israel and other activities of private detectives stipulated in the legislation.
In England, the number of employees of private security firms and detective twice the number of police officers. In the U.S., the budget of these companies is 50% higher than the budget of the police combined, and the number of employees is around one million people. In Israel, when the number of the population of about 5 million people, there are about 2 thousand detective agencies. These data are presented in the notes to the new bill.
The law regulates the work of detectives and our neighbors, Russia. It was adopted in 1992, and for the first two years, officially earned the 6605 security companies and security services.

By Anna GONCHARENKO
Article of the room: "Arguments and Facts in Ukraine" № 16 dated 21 April 10
Posted: 22 April 10 (19:37)