Person Tracing & Address Location Services
Professional Person Tracing Services Across the UK & Internationally
FFIATS utilises its proprietary databases, Open Source Intelligence, range of investigatory skills and global network of partners to find missing persons for Family, Legal, and Personal Matters
FFIATS provides professional person tracing services to locate missing persons, frequently required in cases involving:
- Estranged family members
- Missing relatives
- Child maintenance matters
- Probate and Beneficiary Enquiries
- Divorce proceedings
- Homelessness
- Cult & Religious Sects
- Long-term loss of contact with friends and former work colleagues
Our work focuses on establishing current whereabouts, status, and contact viability, using lawful, discreet, intelligence-led methods.
Person tracing is distinct from debtor tracing and locating fraudsters. Debtor tracing is undertaken to support enforcement and financial recovery of debts, person tracing is concerned with reconnection, safeguarding, or clarity, not pursuit of debts or assets.
What Is Person Tracing?
Person tracing is the structured process of locating individuals — even when they have changed address, moved abroad, changed identities, or otherwise become difficult to find. Our investigations involve meticulous research using public records, proprietary databases, intelligence techniques, and advanced investigative tools.
Person tracing is lawful when conducted within the boundaries of UK data protection and privacy law and does not involve hacking or unauthorised access to private information.
FFIATS's Person Tracing Approach
Our person tracing investigations are intelligence-led, lawful, and discreet. We do not rely on a single database or automated system, frequently field work, OSINT and open-minded investigatory skills by our experienced technical investigators is required. In International missing person cases, whilst we can progress a great deal of ground work here in the UK, we have trustworthy, discreet and reliable international network of partners to support us, across the globe.
We build a verified intelligence picture using multiple corroborated sources, ensuring findings are accurate, proportionate, and defensible.
The objective is clarity, discretion, confidentiality and reliable information, not intrusion.
This report can be used for personal purposes, legal actions, probate administration, or discussions with solicitors.
How Our Person Tracing & Debtor Tracing Investigations Work
Our investigators tailor every trace to the client’s needs. Typical starting points may include:
- Full name
- Date of birth or approximate age
- Last known address
- Phone numbers or email addresses
- Social media or online identifiers
- Other contextual information
From there, we may use:
- OSINT & Digital Research
Open-source intelligence to uncover online digital footprints.
- Public Records & Registries
Electoral roll, corporate registries, property databases, and more.
- Proprietary Databases
Lawful access to specialised data sets not publicly available.
- Correlation & Analysis
Cross-referencing multiple sources to confirm identity, locations, and contact information. All work is carried out ethically and within UK legal frameworks.
FFIATS locate missing people for Personal or Business matters.
Reconnecting with Family & Loved Ones
Locating long-lost relatives, estranged family members, or childhood friends.
Locating Debtors and Skipped Contacts
Individuals who owe money or have avoided contact.
Legal and Probate Matters
Finding beneficiaries, heirs, witnesses, or parties for legal service such as divorce proceedings or child maintenance matters.
Harassment, Defamation & Abuse Enquiries
Identifying the person linked to harassing contact or malicious behaviour.
Business & Professional Needs
Finding Fraudsters, thieves, tracing directors, shareholders, former employees, or tenants, locating freeholders or owners of property.
Person Tracing vs Debtor Tracing – Key Distinction
PERSON TRACING | DEBTOR TRACING |
Purpose is location, welfare, or legal process | Purpose is enforcement or recovery |
No requirement for debt or judgment | Usually post-judgment or pre-enforcement |
Family, probate, or court-related | Commercial or creditor-led |
Non-adversarial focus | Enforcement-ready intelligence |
Sensitive and proportionate | Investigative and assertive |
What You Receive
When you instruct a person tracing investigation, depending on the nature of your request, , you will receive:
- A written report summarising enquiries and findings
- Verified contact details where available
- Supporting evidence and source references
- Unmatched Quality & Content
- Professional assessment and next-step recommendations (Possibly Background checks)
This report can be used for personal purposes, legal actions, probate administration, or discussions with solicitors.
Timeframes & Expectations
Person tracing timelines vary based on complexity:
- Simple traces: a day to weeks
- Complex or international traces: weeks to months
We provide regular progress updates and set clear expectations at the outset.
Lawful, Discreet & GDPR-Aware
All investigations comply with:
- UK data protection and privacy laws
- GDPR requirements
- Ethical investigation standards
We do not engage in unlawful tactics such as hacking, unauthorised access to accounts, or illegal surveillance
Why Instruct FFIATS for Person Tracing
FFIATS delivers reliable, lawful, and outcome-focused person tracing for matters where accuracy and discretion are critical.
- Proven expertise across family, probate, and complex personal tracing matters
- Decades of real-world investigative experience, including national and international cases
- Lawful, ethical, and proportionate intelligence gathering, aligned with UK and international standards
- Advanced methodologies combining investigative tradecraft with cutting-edge technology
- Discreet handling of sensitive, high-emotion situations
- Clear, defensible reports designed to be relied upon by solicitors, courts, and decision-makers
We understand that person tracing is rarely about conflict.
It is about answers, closure, and enabling lawful process—efficiently, quietly, and correctly.
If you need clarity, confirmation, or a trace you can rely on, we should speak.
FFIATS Person Tracing Services
debtor tracing service
In the United Kingdom, over 170,000 individuals are reported missing annually Hire a Private Investigator and trace individuals nationally and internationally. We will locate missing family, friends and elusive debtors.
Address & Doorstep Tracing
We have supported experienced investors who were victims of fraud until FFIATS recovered stolen funds. Adopting a proactive approach to mitigating against investment scams, benefiting from a detailed background checks report, is always a financially viable option alleviating the risk of future stress, anxiety and cost.
Fraudster Tracing
FFIATS can undertake cost effective asset tracing. For certain international and complex cases, FFIATS and work effectively with solicitors to gather required evidence to support an application to the courts for further disclosure of assets.
ex-partner / Divorce tracing
Business disputes arise from financial disagreements, unclear roles, strategic conflicts, or suspected misconduct. FFIATS investigates issues such as fraud, self-enrichment and trust breaches, helping resolve conflicts discreetly and efficiently to protect your interests and restore professional harmony.
tracing a lost friend
A pre-litigation report investigates a person or company’s assets, legal history, and financial status to assess the viability of legal action. It helps evaluate repayment potential, probability of legal success and includes data on property ownership, directorships, financials, and contact details for informed decision-making.
beneficiaries & heirs tracing
We provide an impartial review and valuation of your investment portfolios. We can also investigate cases where investment or financial advisors have mislead clients regarding investment success or overall investment valuations. Our experts assess investments across asset classes and investment vehicles, including FX, property, ETFs, and offshore trusts. We provide comprehensive portfolio reviews, helping identify risks and accurate portfolio valuations