Pinkerton (detective agency) 1960s, even the word "detective" disappeared from the agency's letterhead. In 1999, the company was bought by Securitas AB, a Swedish security company, for $384 million, followed by the acquisition of longtime Pinkerton rival, the William J. Burns Detective Agency (founded in 1910), to create (as a division of the parent) Securitas Security Services USA. Pinkerton (detective agency) Pinkerton, founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have
William J. Burns International Detective Agency Court later reversed William J. Burns' conviction. William J. Burns Plate 63 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10003 William J. Burns International Detective Agency The William J. Burns International Detective Agency was a private detective agency in the United States, which was operated by William J. Burns. It was headquartered in Briarcliff Manor, New York from 1969 to 1983. The Burns Agency was hired to track down Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizers in the aftermath of the Wheatland Hop Riot. Burns agents infiltrated the Industrial Workers of the World during an organizing drive in the copper