Kurtz Detective Agency operates in the United States of America with either German or locally based US investigators for private individuals and companies. Through enquiries and surveillance we verify suspicions in personal matters as well as in corporate contexts and, when confirmed, provide court-admissible proof.
We are happy to handle your assignment in the USA as well: +49 221 4558 0377.
The United States of America is home to 334.9 million people (status: 2023). While the capital Washington D.C. has only 672,228 inhabitants, the much larger metropolises New York (8.49 million inhabitants), Los Angeles (3.93 million) and San Francisco (852,400), but also Las Vegas (613,600) and the east-coast city of Miami (430,300), are major destinations for travellers from around the world. They boast world-famous sights such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Hollywood Walk of Fame or the White House. The US landscape is also a major attraction: the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite National Park in California, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota or the Niagara Falls on the border between the state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario. For us as private investigators in the USA these attractions play a special role, because German travellers to America are our largest target-person group. Predominantly we deal with suspected infidelity in partnerships: many businesspeople and holidaymakers use the time away from their partner for an affair or a one-night stand. One such case brought our investigators, among other places, to the gambling city of Las Vegas, where a family father from eastern Germany travelled with his young lover for a romantic holiday and was observed and exposed there by our experienced investigators in the United States.
The second most common reason for assignments in the USA are searches for persons: relatives who have lost contact, children abducted by the other parent, defaulting debtors, persons reported missing etc. Thanks to our diverse investigative methods and numerous contacts with American authorities and colleagues, our private detective agency for the USA can offer its services cost-effectively. Precise written and photographic evidence documentation goes without saying. We will be pleased to inform you, without obligation and tailored to your case, about our approach and the associated fee structure. Please describe your case using our contact form or call us toll-free: +49 221 4558 0377.
In 2016 the United States generated a GDP of more than 18.5 trillion US dollars. US trade with countries such as Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany is profitable for all parties involved. America’s economy relies on the service sector for well over two thirds and on manufacturing for around 20 per cent. The highest-revenue companies include Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, the bank JPMorgan, the financial services company Wells Fargo, Apple, ExxonMobil, Bank of America, Wal-Mart and Microsoft, all publicly listed and among the 25 largest companies on earth. It is therefore unsurprising that the world’s largest stock exchange is in the USA: the New York Stock Exchange, commonly known as “Wall Street”, located in the Manhattan district.
Financial services and innovative companies inevitably attract criminals; offences such as investment and real-estate fraud or industrial and economic espionage follow. Likewise, American companies may spy on German firms or behave anti-competitively, German investors may fall victim to investment fraudsters in the United States, and employees on sick leave may enjoy a holiday in the USA – irrespective of the scenario, our qualified corporate investigators in the USA take on the investigations and ensure court-admissible evidence.
It is no accident that America is called the “land of unlimited possibilities”; infamously this was reinforced in 2016 with the election of Donald Trump as president. The positive ring of that epithet, which is also echoed in the famous rags-to-riches principle, has unfortunately increasingly turned negative. While great American inventors have enriched life for Western civilisation – for example Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, the Wright brothers, Bill Gates and Elon Musk – long-standing social rifts have deepened again in recent decades. Although the United States enjoys worldwide renown for its innovations, its economy and its universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford, fortune and success are elitist: despite the many educational and career opportunities, around 15 per cent of Americans live below the poverty line. This is particularly visible in large cities, where the social divide opens up widely. Certain neighbourhoods are reserved for the “rich and beautiful”, while others become social weak spots and hotbeds. Accordingly, crime rates are high in many districts, often in downtown areas; Detroit, Memphis, Baltimore and the capital Washington D.C. are among the most dangerous US cities.
In addition, America’s ethnic diversity and multiculturalism are both a blessing and a curse: diverse mentalities are socially enriching but also generate enormous potential for conflict. This is rooted in the continued unequal treatment of white and black citizens even in the 21st century. For example, roughly twice as many Black people as white people remain unemployed. This complex problem has contributed since the mid-1990s to an increase in violent offences in the United States, offences of which tourists also sometimes become victims. As in Germany, the police in the USA are often unable to combat crime sufficiently or to sanction offences adequately; our corporate investigation unit in the United States is therefore available for court-admissible clarification of offences: +49 221 4558 0377.