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GAPPI was created to improve the public image of the Private Investigations Profession and to help protect and improve the rights of Private Investigators in the political arena and become a self governing body through continuing education and a code of ethics. |

NAIS is an American trade association of private investigative professionals that focuses in on marketing investigative services, developing new investigative techniques, providing training programs, providing the overall membership with group buying power, and more. |
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The mission of ACFE is to reduce the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime and to assist the Membership in its detection and deterrence. |

ASIS International, with more than 33,000 members, is the preeminent international organization for professionals responsible for security, including managers and directors of security. |