Representatives of private investigation is usually carried out this activity along with representatives of law enforcement. Sometimes it is not necessary to postpone search man waiting for assigned according to the law three days, and would start immediately.

The faster the search goes missing person, the more likely to find this person, and in some cases even save him from possible danger. Often, operational and investigative measures undertaken by operational staff, ending the formal collection of information, documents and delaying the case by tracing the missing people. I must say that this wine is not law enforcement officers, and of that system that did not come today. A private detective is not limited to collecting information, its main task is to get the most reliable information about the missing person and establish his whereabouts. Missing is a person who has disappeared without apparent reason. For organizations searching primarily determined by:
- Surname, name and patronymic of the disappeared person;
- Full date of birth;
- Registration address, place of residence;
- Date and time of disappearance;
- Last known location;
- Predictable route and place of compliance;
- His emotional state, the nature of the disease (if any);
- Relationships, hobbies, activities;
- Relationships with those contacted in person;
- Appearance (biometric data);
- Individual characteristics (family spots, tattoos, scars, etc.);
- Distinctive marks (clothes, objects, things that are in the missing person);
Established exceptional characteristics of the person and evidence of residence, route compliance, possible travel - make it possible to make an individual plan search. The disappearance of people, usually associated with a number of the most common reasons:
- Accidents (drowning, accidents, falling from a great height, etc.);
- Intentional shelter through its location or the inability to report it;
- Crimes committed against the person (in order to seize property, robbery, extortion, ransom, etc.)

Statistics in the large cities in the police coming month about 96 allegations of missing people. Typically, the "loss" found in hospitals or returned to the city themselves, but rather where missing should aggressively seek to help get out of danger.