Our Intelligence & Investigations Unit covers physical and digital intelligence. PSIRA-registered investigators with advanced OSINT and reconnaissance skills check the venues, routes and people a principal will rely on before they arrive, verify people, businesses and requests before you commit, and investigate when something has already gone wrong. For clients facing a serious threat, the same unit drives our high-threat, discreet and enforcement protection — lawfully, confidentially, and on request.
Before a principal, family or delegation lands: venues, accommodation, routes, transport providers and local contacts checked, routes and sites physically reconnoitred, and a current local risk picture built. Findings go straight into the protection and movement plan.
Identity, credentials, references and history of drivers, nannies, household staff, contractors or a new contact — with the person’s written consent wherever the law requires it.
Is the supplier, landlord, investor or counterparty who they say they are? Registration and director records, adverse media, public-record footprint and on-the-ground confirmation of addresses and premises.
Open-source intelligence by trained OSINT investigators: what a hostile person can learn about you, your family or your executives online — addresses, routines, travel, impersonation accounts, exposed personal data and open-source threat indicators — with a plan to reduce the exposure.
A payment request, changed banking details, a property listing, an “official” caller or an investment offer checked before money moves. Our scam guide explains why this matters.
Theft, fraud, misconduct and security incidents investigated, with evidence preserved and documented for SAPS, insurers or internal disciplinary processes.
Intelligence-led protection for clients who face a known threat, need to move without being noticed, or must recover what is theirs without putting themselves at risk.
For political office-bearers, executives and business owners in contested industries who face a credible threat to their life. Protective intelligence on who may intend harm and how; counter-surveillance to detect whether you are being watched; route and routine variation; advance work on every venue; residence hardening; close protection teams; and evidence packs so SAPS can act on specific threats.
Defensive only. Every high-threat engagement is assessed before we accept it.
Protection that doesn’t announce itself. Unmarked vehicles, plain-clothes officers, low-profile guards and discreet tail cars, with secure, need-to-know communications and movement details shared only with the people who must have them. For principals who need to be protected without being noticed.
Every officer remains PSIRA-registered and carries identification on duty.
Evicting unlawful occupiers, repossessing property or recovering what is yours can turn violent. We trace assets and people and gather evidence for your attorney’s application; protect you, the sheriff and the property while the sheriff executes the court order; and secure the property afterwards so it is not re-occupied or re-taken.
Only a court can order an eviction and only the sheriff can carry it out. We work with your attorney and the sheriff, never around them.
Private investigation is a regulated security service under the Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001, and investigators must be registered with PSIRA. Personal information is handled in line with POPIA, and checks such as criminal record checks need the person’s written, informed consent.
We do not intercept communications, access anyone’s accounts or devices, or obtain protected records by deception. If a request cannot be met lawfully, we will tell you at the briefing and suggest what can be done instead.
Intelligence obtained unlawfully can’t be used, and exposes you as well as the investigator.
Tell us what you need verified. Keep names and sensitive details out of this form if you prefer — we will take them at the confidential briefing.
Yes. Private investigation is a regulated security service under the Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001, and investigators must be registered with PSIRA. Investigations must use lawful methods: no interception of communications, no unlawful access to accounts or devices, and personal information handled in line with POPIA.
It depends on the check. Criminal record checks and other checks involving sensitive personal information need the person’s written, informed consent under POPIA. Many verifications — confirming a company is registered, or reviewing public records and open sources — do not. We tell you at the briefing which checks are lawful for your purpose and what consent is needed.
Before a principal, family or delegation arrives, we check the venues, accommodation, routes, transport providers and local contacts they will rely on, and build a current local risk picture. The findings feed directly into the protection and movement plan, so problems are solved before arrival rather than on the day.
No. In South Africa only a court can order an eviction, and only the sheriff can carry out an eviction or attachment order. Taking property back without a court order is unlawful self-help, and the other party can have it returned through a spoliation order. What a security company can lawfully do is trace assets and gather evidence for your attorney, protect you, the sheriff and the property while the order is executed, and secure the property afterwards.
Protective intelligence is the work of identifying who may intend to harm a principal, how they could do it, and whether they are already watching — before an attack. It combines threat assessment, OSINT, counter-surveillance and advance work, and it decides how close protection is deployed. It is strictly defensive.
Yes. Requests are handled on a need-to-know basis, personal information is processed in line with POPIA, and reports go only to the people you name.
Yes. International executives, delegations and families commonly ask for pre-arrival checks and verification of local partners before travelling to South Africa. Briefings can be held over Google Meet in your time zone.
Arriving for an event? Pair a pre-arrival check with our VIP motorcade service or executive travel.