Intelligence Network Agency

• Fraud investigations
• Gainful employment investigations
• Theft of confidential information
• Substance abuse at workplace
• Sexual harassment investigations
• Labour unrest investigations

• The movements of the subject
• The places visited by the subject
• The persons met with details of the third party
• The duration of the meeting
• The nature of visits
• Corroborating with photographic evidence where plausible

• Pre-matrimonial investigations
• Marital discord investigations
• Monitoring children for drug abuse or bad company
• Household theft investigations
• Asset verification for debt recovery

Intellectual Property is the exclusive right of a Brand Owner resulting from an original creative thought that has been translated into a copyright material or trademark. Hence, the brand owners are the lawful owners of the copyright or trademark. However, there are some unscrupulous individuals who tend to turn a Nelson''s eye by indulging in the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit products of well known brands. The result of such illegal actions is the loss of sales, a tarnished Brand image and erosion of Brand loyalty not to mention the ill effects of consumption by the consumer and the loss of revenue to the Government.
To begin with, INA evolves strategies and implements programs to protect your Intellectual Property. By working closely with your Brand Protection Department and our legal counsel we work out clear-cut actions plans to effectively counter IP infringements through investigations followed by enforcement actions and appropriate legal action where desired.
The first step in this process is a product analysis to review the current security measures that have been adopted by the Client to protect its product from potential infringers. If already in place, these could be in the form of holograms, tamper evident tapes, digital bar codes, plastic or metal seals. It is a known fact that counterfeiters inherently prefer the path of least resistance hence, counterfeiters devise cheaper means to copy the product. If say a product has a hologram, they will adopt the cheaper variant, the hot-stamping method to pass off the goods as genuine products.
After the product analysis phase comes the stage where the action plan is drawn and explained to the Client. We believe that the Brand Owner and INA need to work in tandem to address this issue hence, the need to share information in greater detail. Our experience in this field has made us realize that, to tackle this menace a two pronged strategy is a must. This involves:
Carrying out ''source'' investigations to identify and neutralize counterfeit manufacturers, printers, hologram manufacturers, packagers, merchant exporters and importers.
Conducting ''market impact'' programs in order to instill fear in the minds of distributors, stockiest, wholesellers and retailers of counterfeit products.

Is undertaken by INA when called in by Clients to investigate instances of break-ins, loss of sensitive documents from within company's premises, loss of property through theft and cases where insider involvement is suspected in other acts of crime.
The expert collects, identifies, classifies and analyses the physical evidence related to the crime scene bearing in mind the background of the case. The collection of evidence may include lifting and developing chance finger prints from objects, or collecting evidence in the form of footprints left at the crime scene. These are then compared with specimen prints discreetly or overtly taken from those suspected to be involved in the crime. We can also treat certain 'hot spots' within your premises with certain 'chemicals' which can assist in 'pointing the needle of suspicion' on the suspect(s) and thus lead to the identification of the individuals(s) involved in committing the offence.
Forgery
Money may not be paramount for all, but it is a great motivating factor for many! Where you have transactions involving a disputed property or where a business or personal relationship turns sour the chances of forgery of important documents related to the Will, Negotiable Instruments, Agreements, Receipts are very high.
The Questioned document may necessitate the examination of signatures, initials, writing as well as printed matter. These can be carefully scrutinized to analyze the interpolation, the relative age of the inks used, the flow of the signatures, the pressure points as well as style of writing etc. Thereafter, an expert opinion in writing can be given on the authenticity of the document. This expert opinion validates any doubts a Client may have and assist him/her in comprehending the 'reality of the situation' thus taking a firm stance through a civil or criminal case to correct the 'wrongful loss' caused.