Professional Behavioural Analysis | Lie Detection

7,877 property and forgery offences were reported in Bavaria in 2014, the fewest of which were directed against private individuals. Companies increasingly complain about dishonest employees who enrich themselves through fraud, embezzlement and fraudulent acquisition of services. Small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large corporations are affected; cases range from the regular theft of stationery by an office assistant to an external employee who “embellishes” his work records and invoices more hours than he actually performed.

Often, as a manager you have no idea which of your employees is the perpetrator and whether it is a single person or several. In such cases the insertion of a detective from Kurtz Commercial Detective Agency Nuremberg into your company is an option. If, however, you have a concrete indication of who is deceiving you, our specialists in behavioural analysis can probably help. Every fraudster is inevitably also a liar, and that cannot be completely concealed. Some people reveal their lies more or less clearly: unconscious hand movements or an unsteady gaze are often typical signs. But employees practised in lying have their facial expression and gestures under control, so it is very difficult to convict them on behaviour alone. Here the behavioural analysts of Kurtz Commercial Detective Agency Nuremberg are your first point of contact: +49 911 3782 0154.

Lie Detection by Analysis of Micro-Expressions

The American Prof. Dr Paul Ekman is a leading authority in the field of behaviour and emotion analysis. Our experienced analysts base their work on his human-ethological research and findings to capture micro-facial expressions, as well as to recognise voice pitch and tone, in order to build a complex picture of the truthfulness of statements together with body language. Parts of the autonomic nervous system are not consciously or only with great difficulty controllable — these include micro-expressions, which inevitably provide insights into the speaker’s thoughts. These actions occur within a fraction of a second and are practically imperceptible to the untrained eye.

Our behavioural analysts question the suspected offender in a manner similar to an interrogation while simultaneously recording the person on video. The evaluation of the interview and the video recording show whether the person has lied. This, in Germany, does not (yet) constitute court-admissible proof, since it is a tacit confession, and must be corroborated by facts.

Contact us if you have a concrete suspicion against one or more of your employees. We will advise you on the possibility of behavioural analysis by our specialists, as well as on other effective investigative methods with which we can identify the perpetrator. Please request advice by e-mail at kontakt@kurtz-detektei-nuernberg.de or by telephone on +49 911 3782 0154.