Licensed under Ley 5/2014 · Ministry of the Interior
Every report we produce carries one signature: a licensed Spanish detective who can be identified, verified, and if it comes to it, called to speak to what is in it. Not a trading name. Not an agency badge.
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Principal investigator
Licensed private detective · TIP nº 6496
Working with foreign clients and the lawyers who act for them, across Spain. The licence number above is a public record: it can be checked against the register held by the Ministry of the Interior, and we would rather you checked it than took our word.
If a firm will not tell you who signs the report, you do not yet know whether that report will be worth anything.
Short answer The TIP — Tarjeta de Identidad Profesional — is the professional identity card that authorises a private detective to operate in Spain, issued under Ley 5/2014 and supervised by the Ministry of the Interior. Without it, investigative work is unlawful and the resulting report is not admissible.
It is not a membership badge or a trade qualification you can buy. It is a state authorisation, held by a named individual, recorded on a public register and revocable. That is what gives a detective's report evidential standing in a Spanish court, and it is why the signature at the bottom matters more than the letterhead at the top.
It also imposes limits, which is the part clients tend to appreciate later rather than sooner. A licensed detective may observe in public space, verify documents and consult certain registers. A licensed detective may not intercept communications, access private data unlawfully, or gather evidence without a legitimate interest — and will refuse to try, because doing so would destroy the very thing you are paying for.
Most of our clients are dealing with a Spanish problem from an English-speaking position: a property in Andalucía occupied by someone they have never met, an estate in a language they do not read, a partner who moved to the coast, a business matter conducted entirely in documents they cannot verify.
The obvious move is to look for someone British. It is also the move that most often goes wrong, because nationality is a service feature and the licence is a legal requirement. An English-speaking investigator without a Spanish licence produces something that reads well and proves nothing.
We work the other way round. You deal with us in English from the first call to the finished report, and you are told plainly what the Spanish system will and will not do. The investigation itself is Spanish, licensed and signed — so the evidence holds when it is tested.
How we work
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We verify there is a lawful basis for the work. If there is not, we say so and stop, and we do not charge for reaching that conclusion or look for a way around it.
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If the evidence you want probably does not exist, or cannot be gathered lawfully, or will not achieve what you think it will, you hear that before you spend anything.
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A report that overstates what it establishes is a liability, not an asset. Where something is uncertain, it is recorded as uncertain.
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We contact you only through the channel you choose, we never identify you to third parties, and nothing proceeds without your instruction.
Common questions
Can I verify the licence before I contact you?
Yes, and we would prefer it. Private detectives in Spain are registered under Ley 5/2014 with the Ministry of the Interior, and the licence number above is what you check against. Anyone unwilling to give you a number to check is telling you something.
Do you work across the whole of Spain?
Yes, deploying nationwide, with the fastest response along the Costa del Sol, the Costa Blanca and the Balearics — the areas where most of our clients own property or where the person concerned is living.
Are there cases you turn down?
Regularly. Anything without a legitimate interest, anything involving a person protected by a court order, and anything that would require unlawful access to data or communications. We also decline work where we think the client is being sold a false expectation, even when they are willing to pay for it.
Why aren't there client reviews on this site?
Because our clients are dealing with infidelity, fraud, occupied property and family matters, and almost none of them want their name attached to that in public. What we offer instead is verifiable: a licence you can check, work instructed by law firms, and anonymised case studies published only with written consent.
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