Since 2023 the International Standard ISO/TS 37008 exists.

Thanks in part to the influence of BuDEG members and DIN SPEC 33452, an international guideline for internal investigations was developed for the first time.

ISO/TS 37008:2023 is a technical standard developed by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to provide guidelines and recommendations for internal investigations in organisations. This ISO is a document on compliance issues and provides standards for internal investigations.

Since 2020, Lothar Müller has been organising seminars on the topic of ‘Interviewing – Criminalistic possibilities for finding the truth – Cognitive interviewing – a conventional method’.

The seminars focus on

• the detection and investigation of company-related rule violations,
• the installation and enforcement of security mechanisms in companies,
• interviewing as a method of gathering information in the context of investigative activities.

The merger of the professional associations Bund Internationaler Detektive (BID) and Bundesverband Deutscher Detektive (BDD) took place on 23 February 2019 in Berlin.

Since then, the new professional association has been called Bundesverband des Detektiv- und Ermittlungsgewerbes e. V. (BuDEG).

The annual general meeting of the BID takes place in Prague. An important decision: the members decide to found a joint federal association with the Federal Association of German Detectives, BDD. Furthermore, a new presidium is elected. Lothar Müller is elected for 1st Vice President.

The project DIN SPEC starts the process of developing an international standard for the ISO standard.

Bund Internationaler Detektive, BID, individual members of the federation and other developed and published with the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) the DIN SPEC 33452 (dinspec33452.de).

For the first time, service standards for private investigative services in Germany are developed and can be certified according to this standard.

iD-intertrace is co-author of this standard.

Der Bund Internationaler Detektive, BID (Germany) acquires the Certificate of the International Federation of Associations of Private Detectives (Internationale Kommission der Detektiv-Verbände), IKD, for its training concept. This required documentation of previous training events / workshops, planning for the next few years and a practical audit.

The benchmark for the certificate is the “Common Minimum Standards” and “Common Standards of Competence” as well as further documents of the IKD.

Lothar spoke to 80 Master students of the Police Academy, who got a special training on investigation in the area of economy crime in Vietnam. His focused on detection and investigation of corruption offenses. After the seminar, he was invited to a meeting with the Lieutenant General, Professor Nguyen Huy Thuat and Deputy Director of Police Academy of Vietnam. Further participants were Colonel Dr Nguyen Xuan Thuy, Deputy Director of Institute for Strategy of Ministry for Public Security and Colonel Dr Tran Ngoc Phuong, Deputy Head of Institute for Criminology.

Lothar Mueller was elected during the annual meeting of the World Association of Detectives, WAD, for member of the Executive Board (Member of Board of Directors).

Resume (PDF)
Programme (PDF)

Lothar Mueller was a guest lecture at the 4-day “P.I. International Summer School” in Sinaia/Romania. Subject of its 10th Edition was “Fraud”. Topic of its seminar “Red Flags on Fraud” with a Case Study. The „Summer School“ is open for Private Investigators throughout Europe and beyond. The Romanian Professional Association held the annual training event annually. Lothar Mueller was elected by secret ballot during this event as “Honorary Dean” of the Summer School.

Lothar Mueller was a guest lecture at a conference on the subject “Fraud Prevention” carried out by
FORUM Institut für Management GmbH
Vangerowstr. 18
69115 Heidelberg
Topic of its Seminar: „Economic perpetrators – offenders psychology and personality profile”

Lothar Mueller was a guest lecture at a conference on the subject „Chief Executive Audit“, carried out by
The AuditFactory
Buchstr. 28
74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen
Topic of its Seminar: „Machiavellism and White Collar Crime“

Publishing following articles:

The Importance of Logistics, by Lothar Müller. MBA

Publishing by PI magazine
> Artikel lesen (PDF)

„Machiavellism – appearance of criminal behaviour?““

Kriminalistik gestern – heute – morgen,
Criminology yesterday – today – tomorrow
Editor: H. Artkämper, H. Clages,
co-author L. Müller; „Machiavellismus – eine Erscheinungsform wirtschaftskriminellen Verhaltens?“,(Machiavellism – appearance of criminal behaviour?“
Page 343,
published by Richard Boorberg Verlag Stuttgart, 2013

Lothar Müller has got an invitation as a guest lecture for a seminar at Frankfurt School of Finance. The day seminar was hold about „Psychology of Offenders“

Lothar Müller was speaking as a lecture to the 8th Edition of P.I. International Summer School Predeal/Romania. Look up the attached letter (PDF)

The article COMI vs. Lebensmittelpunkt written by Lothar Müller is published in the February issue of Investigators Journal Association of British Investigator.

> Read article (PDF)

The Januar/Februar issue of the German magazine for Business security SECURITY insight, published by Heide & Klaus GbR Verlag, Hanau, contains an article about Lothar Müller titled Transportbetrug (Transportation fraud).

> Read article (PDF)

The January issue of The Reprossession – Tracing & Recovery Magazine (Allied Publishing Ltd., York, GB) features the article UK Insolvency Proceedings for Debtors who have European Validity written by Lohar Müller.

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December 5th-6th, 2011: Lothar Müller was speaking at the “Central-Eastern Europe Fraud and Corruption Conference” in Warsaw. The subject-matter of his guest speech is Due Diligence – one of the key issues of Risk Management.
Please contact Lothar Müller for further information.

On November 17th-18th, 2011, Lothar Müller will be one of the guest speakers at the “3rd SASMA & LIQUIDNEXXUS Business Security Conference” in Warsaw. He was speaking in connection and about Security Challenges for UEFA European Football the European Championship in Poland.
Please contact Lothar Müller for further information.

At “University of Applied Sciences of Public Administration, Police and Administration of Justice in Güstrow” Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Güstrow, Lothar Müller was guest lecturer for police officers for a day seminar on “Criminals are no different category of people – not even white-collar criminals”. Basics of this lecture are on Summary of MasterThesis (PDF).
Please contact Lothar Müller for further information.

> Summary from the lecture (PDF)

On April 15th, 2011, Lothar Müller was speaking in Riga, Latvia. At the Annual International Conference Society, Person, Security at the Baltic International Academy (BSB) he lectured about Historical aspects of Criminology/Criminalistics in Germany.

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