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Private detectives to be licensed Private detectives to need licence
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Working as an unlicensed private investigator in England and Wales to become a crime, home secretary says Operating as an unlicensed private detective is to be made illegal, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
More to follow. The Home Office said it would regulate the industry because of "rogue investigators" infringing privacy.
Ministers say they want to introduce the restrictions, including criminal record checks, by next year.
MPs earlier revealed that police know of law firms, insurance companies and celebrities who have used investigators to obtain information illegally.