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Kurtz Detective Agency Germany*

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Our IHK-certified detectives in Düren offer a wide range of services for private individuals, companies, associations and numerous other clients: +49 221 4558 0377. Traditional core investigative methods of a detective agency include surveillance and research. In the following case study, which revolves around custody issues and the influence on children, you will gain an impression of our approach to enquiries.

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Case Study: Worries About Custody – New Partner with Far-Right Tendencies?

AfD Connections and Social-Media Posts Raise Doubts

A Düren entrepreneur had been living separated from his ex-wife for several months; custody of the children was shared between the former partners. One day the entrepreneur was collecting his children from their mother when she introduced her new partner. The man made a poor first impression on the entrepreneur. In appearance and demeanour he seemed like a typical thug, the client told our private-detective unit in Düren during the initial briefing. Concerned for his children and for his ex-wife, the entrepreneur carried out some online research into the new partner. He found links to various xenophobic and generally minority-hostile actions and comments. He also noticed that a person with the same name in the wider area was the press spokesman of a local branch of the “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD). Whether this right-wing milieu could be attributed to the new partner or perhaps only to one or several name-sakes, our client could not determine from the available information.

Because much of the material found was inflammatory, suggested a willingness to use violence and generally radiated a large dose of hate, the entrepreneur feared that such a person might have regular contact with and influence over his children. He therefore commissioned our detectives in Düren to check the new partner of his ex-wife. In particular, our client wanted to know whether the researched right-wing extremist was the same person.

On an AfD Press Spokesman’s Facebook Profile

As the available data on the subject was relatively sparse – the only confirmed information being the name – and an official authority search in this constellation promised no rapid success, the researcher assigned by our Düren office first collated the online information available for that name. The aim was to sort how many different name-sakes existed in total and which information belonged to whom. Early on the investigator noticed that a person of the same name from the Düren area had long served as a police officer. That this person might also be the AfD press spokesman could not be ruled out, since the Alternative for Germany is popular in some police circles. Nevertheless, the identity still had to be confirmed.

With regard to the far-right connections, our private detective in Düren quickly found a Facebook profile where a person of the same name was very active, although no photograph of the face was provided, so identity could not be established at a glance. The profile featured memorable self-descriptions such as “not a dreamy social romantic”, copious shared reports about “foreign criminality” (many from questionable sources), and AfD campaign banners. After studying this profile, there were hardly any doubts that the unabashed xenophobe was the AfD press spokesman the client had encountered in his research. But was the press spokesman also a police officer? And above all: was he the new partner of the entrepreneur’s ex-wife?

Meetings with AfD Informants

To resolve the question of identity, our private- and corporate-detective unit in Düren had two advantages: a photograph of the subject (that is, the new partner) and contacts among AfD informants. The researcher arranged short-notice meetings with two of these informants to obtain more precise statements. Neither could identify the person in the photo; they did not know him. However, when asked about the name, both informants replied that the name was familiar to them. It belonged to the press spokesman of a local AfD branch, an active member who often overstepped the mark and was therefore internally controversial. The corporate detective from Düren then asked whether this press spokesman worked for the police. “No — he posts too much on social networks; he would immediately get into trouble at the police,” replied the first informant. Thus it was confirmed that we were dealing with two different people. But which one was the subject — the party press spokesman or the policeman?

To settle the matter, the private investigator arranged, via his contacts, a staged meeting with the AfD press spokesman. At first glance it was clear that this was not the subject shown in the photograph. Therefore, the xenophobic postings associated with the researched name could be attributed to the press spokesman rather than to the subject.

A Casual Question to the Children Provides Clarity

To find out whether the policeman was at least the subject, Kurtz Detective Agency advised the client to unobtrusively ask his children or the ex-wife about the new man’s occupation. This seemed a father’s right and would avoid potentially unnecessary investigative costs. Indeed, the client learned this way that the subject did, in fact, work as a police officer. Given that the physical appearance of the subject matched the researched police officer’s age and the name was not extremely common, a chance coincidence appeared unlikely and the entrepreneur was satisfied. At least the client’s gravest concerns were ultimately allayed by the investigation.

Note

This case report and the judgements contained therein are not intended as a comment on or critique of the AfD, but rather as a reaction to the generalised xenophobia displayed by the purported subject.

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