Business is booming for private investigator DiNatale in MA

According to the Licensed Private Detectives Association of Massachusetts, which represents 450 agencies, business is up because crime is up. "When the economy gets rough, our business tends to increase," says executive director Phil White. "There's more crime of all kinds. People who can't make a living still need things, so the next alternative is to try to get away with stealing. We get called to do either criminal defense work or a company will call us to investigate internal theft by employees. We work both sides of the street."
Much of the work is civil, too. "Word leaks out that there are layoffs coming, and people have unwitnessed accidents," says John DiNatale. "It's, 'I slipped on the floor and gotta go out on workmen's comp.' . . . Insurance claims are going up. In a bad economy, there's more theft, there's more white-collar crime, and all of that means more business for us."

Link: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/01/12/the_watchmen/