My detective agency Octopus has been investigating fraud since 1988 and in forty years of private investigations I have never seen a fraudster pay the price for his misdeeds. In Italy, you can’t say ‘make the law, find the loophole’ because the loophole is already in the law itself. This was confirmed by the latest Read more about Once the law is made, find the loophole[…]
Some people are ruling out Silvio Berlusconi for the Quirinal, but the possibility is more likely than it seems. When Silvio Berlusconi was entering the entrepreneurial world of private television, I was a collaborator of some investigative agencies in Milan. I was asked to gather information about him, who at that time was still a Read more about Silvio Berlusconi at the Quirinal[…]
I was about to go and get vaccinated against covid-19. They had almost convinced me, or rather: I was letting myself be carried away. Even though I knew I would have regretted it: vaccination is the shortcut to come back to productivity, not for ourselves but for the ticks that infest our poor Italy (let’s Read more about The vaccine is the shortcut to come back to productivity, not for ourselves but for the ticks of our government that are infesting our poor Italy[…]
The sex scandal that has engulfed Prince Andrew and the entire British Crown has predictably unleashed the worst side of the tabloids. The journalists have discovered, thanks to the revelations of a former court maid, that the Duke of York has an obsession with soft toys and tends to be rude if the toys are Read more about The sex scandal that has engulfed Prince Andrew has unleashed the worst side of the tabloids[…]
Novak Djokovic’s visa has once again been cancelled (it feels like Italy). Immigration Minister Hawke has exercised his power and revoked the Serbian tennis player’s permit to stay in Australia, which was initially reactivated by Judge Anthony Kelly (actually not really: in Italy it would be the judiciary who would have the final say). Alex Read more about We need more Novak Djokovic[…]
Never as in this time of coronavirus pandemic emergency has my detective agency Octopus received more requests for help with online romance scams. I think this is due to the increased isolation caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Isolation brings people to spend many more hours online, often losing touch with reality. In fact, I first Read more about Isolation caused by covid-19 pandemic encourages online romance scams[…]
The corporate anonymous letters have always been a typical assignment of the Italian Investigation Agency. Once upon a time, they were written, wrapped and secretly sent according to the most rigorous extortion style of the anonymous seizures; nowadays, the greatest daredevils of the web send them electronically from IP addresses or smartphones that they consider Read more about Joys and sorrows of the corporate anonymous letters, a typical case for the Italian Private Detective Agency[…]
Taking care in my Italian Private Detective Agency of high-risk investigations and sometimes finding myself in difficult situations, I can say that it is not easy to always make the right decisions under pressure, while it is far too simple-minded criticize with the benefit of hindsight. Therefore, we see how much nonsense, after a failed Read more about A robber finally runs into a carabiniere instead of massacring an unarmed citizen and the criminals are interviewed, rather than giving a medal to the carabiniere[…]
The 86-years-old Ennio Di Lalla, after being away from home for some days due to health checks, found his home, located in the ‘Don Bosco’ district in Rome, occupied by Rom, together with a change in the locks of the doors. Fortunately, the old man was helped by the neighbors and promptly reached out by Read more about Ennio Di Lalla found his home occupied by Rom[…]
The plot of Squid Game, the famous tv series that it’s spreading all over our… poor world, is about the story of a divorced man strongly indebted that agrees to participate to a series of traditional children’s game for money. The main character finds himself locked up in an unknown location playing with hundreds of Read more about Squid game and social drift[…]