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Acknowledgements
On behalf of WAD Centennial Committee, I extend heartfelt thanks SAVE THE DATES:
to all associations and sponsors who supported the Centennial. · April 22 to 26, 2026 Barcelo Anfa Casablanca, Morocco
In particular, I am grateful to Antonio Labrador, the President of · September 1 to 6, 2026 Le Gray D’Albion Cannes, France
Asociación Profesional de Detectives Privados de España (APDPE) · March 3 to 7, 2027 Intercontinental San Jose, Costa Rica
for its sponsorship and support. Your commitment was central
to making this historic celebration possible, and it demonstrates Mike LaCorte is the current CEO of Conflict International. Mike is a
exactly why associations matter so much. Past President and Chairman of the World Association of Detectives,
well-known through many international industry associations
Looking Forward to the Next 100 Years and has on several occasions been recognised in the investigation
As we step into WAD’s second century, the Centennial serves as industry with awards including The WAD Investigator of the Year
both a celebration and a call to action. The challenges ahead, at their annual conference in Bucharest in 2016 and The Richard-
emerging technologies, complex frauds, evolving regulations, will Jacques Turner Award for Excellence at the Association of British
require us to be more connected, more collaborative, and more Investigators AGM in Wales in 2019.
resilient than ever before.

What the Centennial proved is that our strength lies in unity.
Through associations like WAD, ABI, APDPE, and many others, we
are building not only a stronger profession but also a lasting legacy
of trust and international friendship.

The WAD Centennial was not the end of a chapter, it was the
opening page of the next hundred years.

Mike LaCorte
CEO | Conflict International
ABI | President
WAD | Past President & Chairman

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