Cloak & Ballot
- Elections 2009 will see a record number of private detectives keeping tabs on politicians. They say almost all national parties have hired sleuths.
- Close to 400 of them are former police, intelligence or army personnel
- Hired by political parties, they will be keeping a watch on both rival parties and dissidence within
- The Private Detectives Association has written to the EC offering their expertise to monitor political activity
- The detectives claim a 98 per cent success rate in the course of their investigation
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