Life through a lens

Christmas Cheaters Beware!

Award winning Senior Investigator, Maria Cooper, explains why Warwickshire Investigation Agency (WIA) approaches the Christmas party season on high alert.

Warwickshire Investigation Agency’s team of specialist covert surveillance Investigators are set for another busy season as Christmas approaches. They will be out in force and undercover investigating complaints from the public that the police are neither willing nor interested in exploring ...

Founder and Senior Investigator of Warwickshire Investigation Agency, Maria Cooper, speaks about her new role as the lead detective in the U.K’s No.1 Female Detective Agency

Firstly, let me congratulate you on receiving an award from WAPI (World Association of Professional Investigators) That was quite an achievement in your first year of trading

Thank you. Yes, we were really pleased and honored. It meant a great deal to me personally as I was determined to enter the industry ...

The Senior Investigator at the UK's leading female private investigation agency, Warwickshire Investigation Agency, speaks out about her role as a female detective and comments on the apparent rise in infidelity related casework in the UK

With a career spanning over 20 years in the police service, I was used to carrying out investigations into most areas of crime and disorder. During my career I specialsed in VIP protection duties but more latterly, I formed part of the force surveillance ...

I’m sitting in the obs van
Camera trained upon the house
I’ve been wide awake for hours now
But here it’s as quiet as a mouse

I’m looking for signs of movement
What this may be is never certain
At this point in time I’d be content
With just the twitching of a curtain!

An hour later and my patience pays off
There’s a light on in the hall
Within 20 minutes we should be moving
My time’s not wasted after all

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As the UK continues to face a downturn in the economy, professional Private Investigator, Maria Cooper, who heads the award winning Warwickshire Investigation Agency (WIA), defies the recession by assisting businesses both large and small to recover thousands of pounds worth of debt.

Every week, hundreds of businesses are forced in to closure as the recession bites down hard on profits, and the debts mount up. Maria comments "for the honest business owner, times can be challenging in ...