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The app pulls from a variety of government databases, including information compiled by private investigators known as “skip tracers” who track the current addresses of individuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In recordings, private investigators discuss their intelligence operation’s connection to what seems to be Qatar, which they call the “client country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Once upon a time there were three women who starred in an ABC series about private investigators working for a mysterious boss they never saw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The claimants had a leaked "ledger" of Associated Newspaper payments, invoices from some private investigators and extracts from reporters notepads with cryptic handwritten details of payments to sources.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

She had seen the briefings from private investigators.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson