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International Private Investigators Union (IPIU), headquartered in the United States, is a worldwide organization which advocates for private investigators. Founded in 1989, the group has informed its members about international private investigator bills and licensing, training requirements, career opportunities, and managing a private investigative business.

Founded to advance professional standards and accreditation of private investigators, the IPIU continues to teach competency and specialization of over fifty (50) areas of private investigations. It instructs civilian trainees, licensed private investigators for advanced studies, former law enforcement officers, and adults in various programs. Membership surpassed 45,000 in January 2015.

Early history
The International Private Investigators Union was first informally organized as an unincorporated non-labor union association in the state of California in 1989. . On March 17, 1994 the group voted to officially incorporate and to elect its first corporate officers. On December 5, 2007, IPIU headquarters moved to Denver, Colorado.

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 * Rick Crouch
 * Charles Frederick Field
 * Parco P.I.
 * Anthony Pellicano
 * Daniel Ribacoff
 * David P. Weber