Private Investigators in Sydney

As a top private investigator in Sydney, National Inquiry Agency is specialised in skip tracing, surveilling and performing background checks for our clients.

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Who do our Sydney Private Investigators Work With?

We work alongside individuals and business owners to locate Debtors, assist in the facilitation of legal proceedings through surveillance and process serving, protect employer interests with employment screening, and surveillance of employees’ conduct. We also undertake in-depth background checks on investment options, on Defendants, Applicants and Respondents in legal proceedings to uncover any ammunition to be used in Court to discredit the other side, as well as locate non-hostile witnesses
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Investigating Marital Assets

In the family law realm, our private investigators trace undisclosed assets in financial proceedings when there is a marital breakdown or de-facto relationship, and reunites family by finding loved ones, as well as locating missing persons.

NIA Private Detectives Sydney are Licences

Our private investigators are licensed professionals holding a Security 2E Licence class through the Security Licensing Enforcement Directorate (SLED) of the NSW Police Force, with our people also holding multiple qualifications in law, investigations, open-source intelligence investigations and other areas of expertise.

Our reputation results from years of accumulated expertise, experience, and a continued commitment to maintaining the highest professional standard. We have positive Google reviews and testimonials, and have had positive media coverage in Mammamia, 9NEWS, 9Honey, The Today ShowExtra, have been on Radio and collaborated with many journalists about our industry.
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NIA's High Standards and Compliance

Our Founder at National Inquiry Agency, is a qualified Solicitor, admitted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. She instils legal compliance with all investigations and ensures our private investigators in Sydney as well as contractors don’t use dark techniques or methods. As a leading and professional private detective agency in Sydney, our company holds strict policies and procedures that employees abide by, and this same compliance is reiterated to all of our contractors.

Top Private Investigator (Private Eye) Near You

Private Eyes in Australia are non-gun wielding operatives that collect and gather evidence in a legal manner. We cannot carry weapons or use force to protect people or property.
Private eyes serve as an important resource for supporting criminal defence lawyers, assisting in solving scams, locating scammers, fraudsters, and handing this information over to enforcement agencies, collecting evidence for Court, interviewing witness and locating missing persons.
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Your Success

National Inquiry Agency (NIA) is a Sydney based Private Investigation firm specialising in location searches and missing persons, background checks, process serving and corporate investigations.

Our services are provided to businesses and individuals nationwide and overseas, minimising business loss and risk, and providing our clients with peace of mind.

We offer our clients the ability to gather ‘hard to find evidence’, supporting individuals, small to large businesses and the legal services sector. We utilise modern methods of tracing to locate subjects, as well as new technology for the surveillance of persons.

We have competitive rates, and established service level agreements with our clients to ensure we deliver results to a high standard and within time frames.

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Our Team

Our Investigators and Agents are fully licensed in accordance with statutory legislation and regulations.

Our Team is made up of qualified solicitors, ex-military personnel and individuals that have worked in the legal services sector for many years.

Our experience allows us to pay attention to the details that are crucial to the collection of admissible evidence, act in accordance to governing legislation and communicate our outcomes in a clear and efficient manner.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Our private investigators are either called or emailed regarding a matter. We then speak confidentially to the client about their needs, pricing structures and how we can go about obtaining the desired result for them
Costs varies depending on what type of investigation is required. Background checks, factual investigations and surveillance are based off of hourly rates. Rates increase depending on whether the investigation is based in Sydney, in a remote or rural location.
Our private investigation firm is a licenced, our private investigators in Sydney hold the Security 2E Licence Class through the NSW Police Force licensing body known as SLED. Our contractors interstate hold the required private investigation or security licencing appropriate to their jurisdiction. Our private investigators in Sydney also hold various qualifications in law, investigations, OSINT Intelligence and other areas of expertise.
Our company facilitates investigations throughout Sydney and also nationwide. If you wish to engaged National Inquiry Agency, give us a call and speak to one of our Investigators today.
A private eye is a sleuth. A licenced investigator that can investigate persons and undertake surveillance on them. This includes undertaking research online, report writing and the adrenaline creating stake outs in a vehicle.

At National Inquiry Agency we are stringent about following industry regulation, and abiding by federal and state legislation. Private Eyes in the State of New South Wales, and other states and territories are required to be licenced.

We are allowed to follow a Subject and take images or footage of them in certain situations that do not infringe upon that person’s right to privacy, like not filming them in a public restroom. But we can take images of them inside venues, strip clubs, and other public/private areas if it is not trespass and it is legal to do so.

We are unable to be involved in illegal activity that aides and abets a crime, such as by using GPS and tracking software to invade privacy, place GPS on cars or mobile phones that do not belong to the client. We are not allowed to hack online accounts, or mobile phones and emails.

We are not only the top investigator in Sydney, but we also source and utilise private eyes in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Canberra, Adeliade and other capital cities.

Our private eyes abide by a Code of Conduct, we deliver results and we ensure transparency in communication with our client. We have a secure case management system that is protected by cloud based security systems, we collect information in an ethical and precise manner. We also offer 24/7 support to our clients.

Ask them about their field experience, their qualifications, check their licencing, and research them online to ensure they have received positive media attention. A top private investigator uses case examples to help you understand your case and the strategies needed to obtain a result.