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Worldwide Intelligence Network has not been asleep at the wheel while American companies have been infiltrated by Chinese and Eastern European hackers. Los Angeles and New York based, Worldwide Intelligence Network, has consistently maintained a strict discipline in countering security breaches being launched internationally to compromise the security of American Corporations. All too often Corporations become complacent with regard to evaluating and updating their networks and protocols to combat the possibility of security breaches designed to invade their company and that is exactly what the perpetrators look for. In almost all instances of a security breach there has been one Corporate Security Director with a vast knowledge of one particular area of security but unfortunately insufficient knowledge of all the other security breaches that could be perpetrated against his company. Worldwide Intelligence Network has consistently maintained a philosophy that when in battle it is best to know the “entire” arsenal of the enemy and in this instance they are; an adversarial competitor or a terrorist regime determined to undermine the security of your company and the United States. Robert Mann is the founder and Director of Worldwide Intelligence Network which is a global investigation, risk management, and personal protection company. Mr. Mann states “Security breaches have been detected in approximately 85% of companies and government agencies. According to the FBI, the pending caseload for economic espionage losses to the American economy totaled more than $13 billion. The number of arrests the FBI has made associated with economic espionage has doubled in the past few years, and convictions have risen eight-fold. As a result of inadequate corporate security, companies are losing billions of dollars every year. Robert Mann believes Worldwide Intelligence Network can help effectively diminish the enormity of those losses.” Preventing a breach of Corporate Security is comparable to looking at how many ways can a burglar break into a safe. To professionally evaluate the possibility of a security breach, Mann put together a cohesive team of experts in multiple disciplines of corporate security to analyze the vulnerabilities that could affect the security of a company. These experts are not in the business of selling security devices or protocols because in doing so would be biased. They merely report on vulnerabilities and if appropriate, they will introduce innovative security options that can prevent attacks on your company’s security. Worldwide Intelligence Network Corporate Security team is an elite group of Security Professionals comprised of former members of the FBI, Secret Service, CIA, DOJ and many other Law Enforcement Agencies. Robert Mann has appeared in the media as an expert in investigations and security and has been featured on national television, radio, and magazines.

We are an Anti-Stalker Task Force comprised of an elite group of investigators and bodyguards many of whom are former law enforcement officers with years of experience in the field of personal protection and stalking investigations. The sole purpose of the Anti-Stalker Task Force is to keep you safe, so you don’t have to live in fear any longer. Are You A Victim of Stalking? If you feel threatened by unwanted attention from a person you know or one you do not know who has been invading your private physical space then you are a stalking victim and we will stop your stalker. If an individual continually gets unnervingly close to you or tried to perpetrate acts of violence against you while you were at home, walking on a street or at work, we take those threats to your safety very seriously, and we will protect you! Stalking is a serious crime that can cause depression and hopelessness. While we recommend all stalking victims first turn to the police, but there are times when law enforcement is overwhelmed and cannot provide the manpower necessary to watch over you and to bring your stalker to justice. That’s when our Anti-Stalker Task Force comes in. Our Anti-Stalker Task Force is designed to help you reclaim your life. You should not have to be afraid of going to the store, on an errand, or to a movie. You have every right to feel free from harm. We can provide you with personal protection, perform an in-depth background investigation on the stalker, and place the stalker under surveillance to make sure they do not go anywhere near you. In the event legal action is taken, all of our investigative efforts will be made available to you and the police along with all the evidence we gather.

The CEO of a large company was advised that an anonymous whistle blower emailed his HR department saying that one of the company’s employees is selling illicit drugs to other employees. Although there are close circuit cameras installed throughout the facility it appears that the drug dealing is carried on out of view of the cameras. Worldwide Intelligence Network was called in to formulate an investigative strategy. It was decided that an undercover investigator would be hired to work in the company. Most of the employees are Hispanic and therefore the undercover investigator assigned was Hispanic. Undercover investigations can be quite dangerous if they are conducted by inexperienced investigators. Knowing how to blend in and be accepted by the other employees, takes training, patience and intelligence. The drug dealer cannot under any circumstance suspect he might be an under investigation. Illicit drugs consumed by employees while at work can cause serious if not fatal work place accidents and it can also stimulate physical altercations among the employees and insubordination. Please read “Substance Abuse Prevention in the Workplace An Employer’s Guide” we believe you will find it very informative. Within two pay periods the undercover investigator witnessed the sale of illicit drugs being sold to two employees. The undercover investigator used a covert camera in the shape of a key ring to film the transaction. Worldwide Intelligence Network suggested that the drug dealer be shown the covert surveillance video of him selling drugs to the company’s employees. The dealer was given an option that the police would not be called if the employee agreed to voluntarily resign from his job and not come within 100 yards of the business ever again. Those employees who bought the drugs were identified and terminated. The drug dealer was fortunate to be given a choice rather than face arrest which he accepted willingly.

A client’s merchandise failed to arrive at his customer’s factory after being driven there by one of his drivers. The client and his foreman checked their stock room to see if the merchandise was inadvertently left behind. It was not. The client replaced the missing merchandise for his customer. Weeks later the same thing happened but this time the client was certain it was not a mistake. One of his drivers was stealing. The client had five delivery trucks and five drivers. Worldwide Intelligence Network was asked to conduct an investigation to ascertain who was stealing from the client. Worldwide Intelligence Network recommended surveillance be immediately initiated on all five drivers. Surveillance commenced . Each of the five surveillance investigators would be taking video at every location each driver stopped at. Surveillance video details every aspect of the driver’s route and with whom the driver met while on his route. After several days of surveillance one of the drivers made a stop at a 7/11 and began transferring some of the merchandize off his truck into a waiting van. The driver was arrested upon his return to the client’s warehouse and word quickly spread among the client’s employees that one of their co-workers was arrested. The client had immediately established a precedent that his company’s policy is very aggressive and proactive in countering theft. The police asked Worldwide Intelligence Network for the original video taken during the commission of the crime to be used as evidence in court. Case closed! There is a major crimes division within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that investigates and seeks prosecution against those who commit cargo theft.

In a world fraught with deception, misinformation, and cheating, you may need a professional, skilled and experienced private investigator who can ethically obtain requisite information for you. Know Your Objective • It is imperative to know how to describe what kind of investigation you are seeking. Do not call a Private Investigator and ask “what are your rates and what kind of investigations do you do.” That will immediately send up a red flag to the investigator that you have not thought out exactly what you want or need a private investigator to do for you. Think what is most important for you to know. If it’s a business related matter, ask the private investigator if they perform the services you need. As an example, let us say you are about to invest in a new venture and you are unsure of the trustworthiness of the principles of the company and you would like a background investigation conducted.  You would then ask the investigator how in-depth can they go to find out how credible are the principles of the company you are interested in. • Another example is when you want to know what it would take to learn if your spouse or significant other is being unfaithful to you. You would ask the investigator if they conduct infidelity surveillance and if so, can they tell you what their rates are. Prior to making the calls to various investigators, think about what would be the ideal time to have the surveillance started. Would it be in the morning, the afternoon after they leave work, on the weekends and etc? You should understand that the only professional procedure for commencing surveillance is to know exactly where the person you want surveillance on is at. You cannot start surveillance without a specific location on where that person will be at the time surveillance commences. Trying to locate where the subject of the surveillance is at by you guessing is a waste of your time and money. On the other hand, if you are one of the legal owners of the subject’s vehicle you may want to ask your private investigator to sell you a GPS live monitoring tracking device that is easily placed under the subject vehicle. You should always ask the investigator what is their hourly rate are and what evidence will they provide you after the surveillance is over that, in fact, the surveillance was done as agreed. The investigator should assure you that they will deliver to you a DVD that shows where the investigator was at during the entire time of the surveillance and the DVD should have a date and time stamp on the video.  Inquire about the investigator’s experience with surveillance, the kind of camera they use and if their vehicles have tinted windows so not to be seen by the subject. Investigative fees vary but seeking out the cheapest investigator usually turns out to be the most costly because you only will have to do the surveillance all over again if the inexpensive investigator fails to provide you with evidence that their surveillance assignment was carried out as you requested. Keep in mind that top notch surveillance investigators are constantly busy and they make a lot of money working several cases a week because insurance companies always have lots of work for investigators. If among all your calls you find one or two investigators that quote you a much lower fee than the rest, you probably contacted a very poor and inexperienced investigator who cannot find work. Do Your Homework • Make sure you feel 100% comfortable that the investigator you are about to retain can deliver what is promised. Check the private investigator’s license with the State authority that issues private investigator licenses. In California, it is the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.  You may also want to check if the investigator is a member of an association of private investigators in your state. In California, it is the California Association of Licensed Investigators. In New York, it is the New York Association of Licensed Private Investigators • Should you feel that the private investigator you called appeared to be knowledgeable and made you feel comfortable, ask if the investigator will be providing you with a written retainer agreement. All professional private investigators should present you with a retainer agreement prior to commencing the assignment. You Be a Great Detective & Research • Last but not least ask them about references or look at their recommendations or testimonials on their website. Be sure to look for the names of real people, real companies with their name on their letterhead. To find a great investigator you need to be a good detective by conducting your own research. Good luck and call us if we can be of help to you.

Five of the most important steps you can take to save your life. Essential tips from our Personal Protection Specialists. 1. Run Away The moment you hear what sounds like firecrackers or more specifically gunshots your first reaction is to walk or run in the opposite direction. Don’t try to figure out where the sounds are coming from. Immediately remove yourself from the area. We all can learn a lesson from the passengers at LAX who were running with their luggage in tow. Fortunately, (as pathetic as that sounds) the shooter had a specific target in mind and that was TSA employees. What if the shooter began shooting at everyone in sight, all those passenger dragging their suitcases had encumbered themselves to the point that in all likelihood they would have also become victims. It was astonishing seeing all those passengers dragging their luggage behind them as though their luggage was more important than their lives.  To escape a situation like that at LAX you need to rid yourself of anything that impedes your ability to flee. 2. Find a Closet or Restroom Try to head toward a door leading to a closet or restroom. If you go into a restroom try to enter and lock a bathroom stall. If there  are no closet or bathroom doors in the vicinity search for and leave through any exit that will remove you from the fire zone. 3.  Take Cover Try to take cover behind a restaurant or coffee bar counter or a kiosk. If you see a an area behind a ticket counter get behind it and lie as low as possible  Do all you can to stay perfectly still and control your breathing so it is not too loud. 4.  Don’t Reason With Them—Physically Defend Yourself In The Right Way Do not attempt to reason with a shooter as they are clearly mentally deranged and you will simply appear to them as just another trophy to shoot. However, if you are face to face with the shooter try not to scream, search for any object you can lift and throw at them, such as your luggage if you happen to be caught with it still in your hand. If you are within arm’s reach of the shooter, you may be able to disarm the shooter. If the shooter is using a rifle, grab the barrel and turn it away from you while striking the assailant with your other hand or kicking them with your feet. As the assailant instinctively pulls the weapon away from you, follow their movement to put them off balance and attempt to grab the butt end of the rifle while moving towards them. With both ends secured in your hands, you can use the weapon as leverage as you knee or kick the assailant in the body. If the weapon is a handgun try to quickly grab it from the top and hold it as tight as you can to prevent the firing action from completing.  While performing this action try to wrench the weapon from the shooter’s hand. Taking them by surprise is your only chance to survive. In reality the chances of you surviving a face to face confrontation is clearly not in your favor and if you are going to be shot you need to have the courage to do whatever it takes to defend yourself and to try and save your life. 5. Avoid Being Seen By The Shooter Do whatever you can to avoid being seen by the shooter as you do not want to draw attention to yourself. Should you find yourself running away from the sound of shots being fired stay as close the inner walls as possible because you don’t want to be running in the center of a pathway where the shooter has a center mass view to shoot at. If you need to move toward the center in order to reach an exit run in a zig-zag motion which will make it difficult for the shooter to hit you. Failing the above options try to lie in a facedown position which will protect your internal organs. Your facedown prone position may trick the shooter into thinking you are already dead. The flat profile also presents a smaller target profile for the shooter and may even cause the shooter to overlook you entirely.

When it comes to Infidelity Investigators you should know who to select. Worldwide Intelligence Network assigns the most highly regarded and respected field operatives with years and thousands of hours in surveillance operations experience. Here are 2 things you have to look out for in good infidelity investigators: 1.  They know how not to be discovered by the person they’re tailing. You don’t want your partner, who you suspect to be cheating, to discover that they are being followed. It jeopardizes your chances of finding out the truth and can create more tension in your already strained relationship. However, in order to increase their bottom line, many Private Investigative companies hire newcomers/wannabes willing to work for low wages with little to no field experience. Lack of experience means that nearly all newcomers are discovered by the person they are following. This is the last thing you want to happen! They won’t be able to do their job right yet the PI company will still charge you top dollar for an alleged “professional” infidelity investigator. 2. They are honest with you. As in any other field, some Private Investigators are dishonest and just out for your money. They could care less about the outcome of your case and have no integrity. For example, they would never reveal that they were caught in the act of following your partner (it has happened before!). Instead of revealing the truth to you, they discontinue the surveillance and tell you that there was no activity worth reporting. Lies! To prevent being scammed, make sure you ask for the credentials of the investigator you’re thinking of hiring. Check out their professional reputation and experience. Worldwide Intelligence Network assigns the most highly regarded and respected field operatives with years and thousands of hours in surveillance operations experience. Each of our surveillance investigators are required to film mandatory “integrity video” of the location where they are stationed every hour on the hour to demonstrate that they are on the job and in the field doing what the client expects them to do. Integrity video is included in the video filmed while the investigator was in the field and it is submitted to the client at the conclusion of the assignment. Our integrity is proven by our performance for over 22 years. But if you don’t believe us, you have the right to practice due diligence and ask for our credentials and references. We would be happy to oblige so that you can have peace of mind knowing that you’ve chosen the right investigator for your delicate situation.

Just before the Memorial Day Holiday this year we received a phone call from a gentleman in Florida who told us that his twenty one year old son who is attending college in Santa Monica suddenly went missing. He and his son communicated everyday either by phone or text messages. Of course our concerns were; was his son abducted, kidnapped, perhaps even murdered. The father said he had not heard from his son for three days. The father was beside himself with worry, understandably. We were retained to try and locate his son and the father was very well informed about his son’s cell calls, his classes in college, the balance in his bank account and the balance of his small credit card balance. All of these documents were sent to us by the client. The father of the young man told us that he also had his son’s bills for his gasoline credit card. We reviewed those charges and noticed that until the week he went missing he had driven to the same gas station he always used which tended to dispel the horrible thought that he was abducted and or murdered at least not so up and until the last day he bought gas at the same gas station. A Private Investigator is only as good as the sources he/she has cultivated over the years and his/her knowledge of the technology available when performing various investigations. One particular source was contacted by us who has a unique technology tool that assists in possibly locating a person anywhere on earth. Sorry we cannot disclose the tool or the method as that is proprietary technology known only to a few. Within 24 hours we developed a location on the missing young man in San Diego, California and in less than 24 hours we had his location surrounded by off duty police detectives who confirmed to us that our intelligence gathering on the young man’s location was accurate. Two hours after departing Los Angeles we joined our detectives in a surveillance of a motel where the missing young man’s car was observed and we also acquired his room number (not an easy task). When the young man emerged from his room we approached him very cooperatively announcing who we were and that his father retained us to locate him. We asked if he would be willing to talk to us and explain why he ran away and tried to appear to be missing. Yes, he was willing to talk to us and did so for several hours. We put him In touch with his frantic parents and his sister who were delighted to know he was alive and well. Since he is an adult there was nothing we could do to force him to return home to Santa Monica or to his parent’s home in Florida. Everything we were going to do from this point forward would have to meet with his approval. What did he insist upon? He wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo the following day. So we asked if we could accompany him to make sure he wouldn’t take off again and go missing. We also asked him if we could have his car keys and his hide a key which he willingly gave to us. The following day we were off to the Zoo and he became more and more relaxed throughout the day and evening. His reason for going missing had to with his failing his classes in college and he was incredibly ashamed of his failures. We are pleased to report that he’s back home in Florida with his parents and his entire family is in therapy working out their problems. Great ending for the family, the young man and us.  

We have had the pleasure of retaining the services of Michael Roberts for the past few years and he has demonstrated time and again how unbelievably talented he is. Simply stated Michael is among the world’s best IT-Cyber investigators and he is a valued asset for our company and our clients. Michael has successfully tracked down numerous scam artists who preyed upon our clients through Internet scams mostly operating outside the United States. Michael just shared with us that he received confirmation from a joint task force of US Marshals and the Maryland State Police that his investigative support led to the arrest of a murder suspect who had eluded law enforcement authorities and U.S. Marshal Service for two months. Earlier this week, Dinkue Brown age 27 who was on the run in connection with the murder of 26 year old Luis R. Rodriguez was apprehended by the U.S. Marshal Service thanks to Michael’s ingenious work. Maryland State Police called Michael on August 14, seeking advice on obtaining information from Google. Michael offered his technical and investigative assistance far beyond that scope. Michael and his team devised a pretext thus setting up a sting operation and then, after approval from law enforcement conveyed a message to one of the suspect’s family members. The message contained one of Michael’s proprietary forensic tripwire payloads attached to it. Subsequently, the tripwire transmitted numerous electronic footprints triggered by the fugitive, from behind anonymous proxy servers in an attempt to disguise his location. Over the next few hours Michael and his team worked with the task force to circumvent the fugitive’s attempts to obfuscate his activities and location. As a result of the digital artifacts and intelligence collected by Michael and his team within a few hours they identified a cell phone number. It was allocated to a disposable SIM card in the possession of the fugitive, but it did not reconnect to the cell-tower network after Michael’s first discovered it — ergo triangulation was impossible. It appears that the fugitive purchased the SIM card to use once for an emergency and thereafter destroy it. After obtaining a court warrant the U.S. Marshals were able to obtain the unique device identifier [UDID] that was associated with the one-time-use SIM card. A few days later the same UDID popped up again in association with a new disposable SIM card. The Marshals were then able to triangulate the fugitive who was in possession of that cell phone. The fugitive was found at the triangulated location in Indiana, was arrested, and is now in police custody. Brown waived his right to fight extradition and is being held in the Wayne County Jail without bail. The Worcester District Attorney’s office is making arrangements to transport Brown for his arraignment in Fitchburg District Court. Great work again Michael!!!