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There are over 8,000 detectives working in Korea.
The number of detectives has been steadily increasing as detectives have been recognized by law since last year, but there are still many things that need to be supplemented, such as the system for managing the qualifications of detectives and regulations on the scope of their activities.
This content was covered by reporter Im Sang-beom.
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talking with the client, a veteran detective hurriedly leaves for the scene.
After driving two hours, we arrived at a factory in North Chungcheong Province.
[Detective Jang Jae-woong: (a competitor's product) should be used for food, but there is a situation that the ingredients in it are used for industrial purposes, so a request came in to check that part..] As
darkness fell, I carefully collect evidence. .
I looked here and there and quickly tapped my phone camera as if I had found something.
[Detective Jang Jae-woong: First of all, I got a bottle of medicine, a manufacturer's label, and things like that, so I talked to the client. (I think it would be dangerous to be a detective alone, right?) I carry this kind of small tripod in my car. In case I have to protect myself.]
This young detective with a Japanese detective license and high-tech equipment, his main specialty is hiding.
[Detective Kim Yunhwan: Detectives can say that waiting is 90% of the time, their main job. We will go into hiding here, and then we will track down the person when they come out.]
Today's target is an employee of a company suspected of embezzlement.
It is followed by a subway and a car.
[Detective Kim Yoon-hwan: (A kind of follow-up?) Because the boundary between illegal and legal is ambiguous, I am taking pictures along the legal line with the scenery while going my way from a little far away.]
I often disguise myself without noticing it.
[Detective Kim Yoon-hwan: I'm trying to disguise myself because clothes and things like that were exposed. I'm in a hurry right now.] The
most requested thing is finding people.
It is also the most difficult task, as there is a lot of potential for it to be illegal.
[He blocked the phone because we had an argument over money.]
[Detective Yunhwan Kim: Is your son an adult? (If you are an adult) Even if you are looking for it, you have to ask for his consent.]
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Aspiring detectives who dream of becoming the Korean version of Sherlock Holmes filled the classroom.
Their backgrounds range from former police officers to real estate agents to corporate risk managers.
[Shin Hyun-mi / Dongguk University Detective CEO Course: I think the image of a detective will change as more people major and expand and increase their work.]
As the detective business was legalized in August of last year, the era of professional detectives began in Korea.
Although it is still in its infancy compared to 60,000 in Japan and 30,000 in the US, there are over 8,000 detectives working in Korea.
However, since it is in the early stages of implementation, there are problems.
There is still no qualification management system such as the detective certification system, so there is controversy over who is not qualified, and the scope of legal detective work needs to be supplemented.
[Ha Geum-seok/President of Korea Detective Association: Ex-convicts, sex offenders, old-time entertainment centers, errands, and errand centers say I am also a detective, so it is possible to work as a freelancer, so it is urgent to enact a management bill that can filter out
unsuitable people
.]
Detectives come in voice, so they do not even know they are violating the law, and if they know the law properly, they will have self-control.] The
National Assembly plans to pass the 'Detective Business Management Act' within this year to compensate for these problems
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[Yimyeongsu Senator / Government Administration safety above: investigations are directly radeunga several investigations just before and radeunga missing people management, I think that can be a useful means to the complementary capabilities of the investigation -
a detective came to the sun, distrust of public authorities and Whether it can be an alternative to fill the blind spots in security is now being put to a full-fledged test.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, Video editing: Park Ki-duk, VJ: Jeong Han-wook, Music: Choi Dae-seong, Writer: Kim Chae-hyun, CG: Hong Seong-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Jeong-jeong, Seong Jae-eun, Jeong Si-won)