It's perhaps not worth blowing the whistle on governments and major corporations. Big business, international governance and even aspiring entrepreneurs have their part to play in an ever divergent world. I am going to tell you as a private investigator about the insider's vision of his business opportunity. Be assured that a private investigator will be banging his head against them all.

I'm still just 49 but I've been at the sharp end of international private investigations for over 20 years. Yes, I spent my time serving court injunctions, tracing missing persons and debtors and whiling away my time on surveillance for one of the world's largest detective agencies. I also did it on my own for a while but then I moved into the serious business of international fraud and espionage.

Firstly, I am in a position to name names that publications such as Time Magazine were too afraid to pursue after a call or two from 'the accused', in spite of indisputable documentary evidence. This, by the way, is perhaps the biggest frustration encountered by a genuine international fraud investigator; you obtain all the conclusive evidence ready for court and then first government agencies get cold feet and if you go to the press their tootsies are frozen stiff.

The names I include are the CIA, George Bush Senior, a major American oil corporation (make that two), the Moonies, Elf (France) and gross political figures in North and South Korea, Dr Pak, for example. That is not forgetting a British front-bencher (ex, actually, he's now banished to South Africa), two Nigerian scammers with billions of dollars to their names (we found the money but no one had the balls or political will to pursue them). I'm afraid that's just the start of things. NSIS in the UK is pretty much useless and the fraud agencies attached to various US departments are not far behind.

There was a time when people gave others the benefit of the doubt. It is very unfortunate but today we just can't do that. Is this an issue to be worried about? Well, we would have to say, 'Yes. It is.' Come on now, can we really sit back and let other people and organisations rule our lives?

I am also want to impart some of the techniques employed by real tracing experts and how the CIA, amongst others, makes use of such expertise. Moreover, I would like to give you the questions to put to money tracing agents to see if they know what they are talking about. Don't believe that the big name 'private investigation' firms ever conduct serious enquiries in house. They are always, always contracted out to perhaps one or two hundred of people like me who actually know how to do the job and leave no footprints.

How to trace a bad debtor and even how to find what cash and assets he has is an interesting subject. If you ever want to get into the 'big time', like international money laundering, do go get a job with a proper firm first. I'd recommend at least 4 years experience even with the worst investigations agency. You can know the basics and theory like how to 'go on' to your target's phone company and even get print outs sent to an address where you can collect them but without a few years of other tracing agents around you, you'll just wither.

If it's a private investigator business opportunity you are looking for, keep your ears pricked and check for local vacancies. That said, you can still do it on your own.

Why not start off serving court papers? Plenty of people have done just the same to build a platform to project themselves from. Attorneys, for all their faults, and you'll find many of them very difficult to please, love a reliable and trustworthy process server.

Simply learn more about becoming a private investigator and do something for mankind. I'll give you a promise that after some time you will have a bit of authority, some authority and even a pinch of kudos as a self-employed detective.

Thank you World Wide Web. Private investigators should be disseminating their knowledge to those who want to do a thorough job. Why be worried when you have hard copy? Stand up and be counted.