Applying for a permit to operate an internal private investigation department

Private investigation company

Any department set up by a natural or legal person on their own behalf for the purpose of carrying out, or having carried out by third parties, private investigative activities in a structural manner, consisting of the commissioning by a natural person, on the instructions of a client, to gather information obtained by processing information on natural or legal persons or on potential offences that they have committed, for the purpose of supplying that information to the client in order to safeguard its interests in the context of an existing or potential conflict, or in order to locate missing persons or lost or stolen property.

Permit

All companies or services operating in the private investigation sector require a permit.

https://www.besafe.be/sites/default/files/2025-03/Documenten aanvraag vergunning interne dienst private opsporing.pdf

https://www.besafe.be/sites/default/files/2025-05/Verklaring onderneming.pdf

https://www.besafe.be/sites/default/files/2025-05/Verklaring personeel.pdf

Legislation

Law of 18 May 2024 regulating private investigations

Responsible department

General Directorate for Safety & Prevention (Algemene Directie Veiligheid & Preventie)
spv.rpo@ibz.be
Tel. 027394280

 

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