I imagine a lot of investigators doing insurance surveillance work would have quite a few ideas about what exactly is the biggest impediment to conducting successful surveillance. Theses might include: -

• Insufficient budgets
• Unskilled operators
• Not having the right equipment
• Poor instructions from the client
• Badly targeted surveillance

The list is almost endless.

In my honest opinion, none of the above items rates as the number 1 factor when it comes to impeding a successful surveillance assignment. The number one spot is…..