No specific licence

Private investigator licensing in Suriname

No. Suriname has no specific private investigator licence.

Suriname has no licensing law for private investigators. In March 2020 the Korps Politie Suriname, after consulting the Minister of Justice and Police, stated that no legal regulation of private security organisations and private investigation bureaus exists and asked them to register online by 10 April 2020. No law has been found since, so investigation work runs as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal and privacy law.1

Minimum age

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Experience

None

Exam

No

Bond / insurance

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No. Suriname has no specific private investigator licence. Suriname has no licensing law for private investigators. In March 2020 the Korps Politie Suriname, after consulting the Minister of Justice and Police, stated that no legal regulation of private security organisations and private investigation bureaus exists and asked them to register online by 10 April 2020. No law has been found since, so investigation work runs as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal and privacy law.

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