14 November 2025

Leaders Podcast Episode 27 with Mike LaCorte & Keith Schafferius

Welcome to Episode 27 of Leaders Podcast, hosted by Mike LaCorte, CEO of Conflict International. In this episode, we are joined by Keith Schafferius, Australia's longest-licensed Private Investigator with 56 years of experience. Keith shares his global career in investigations, from running a large firm in Brisbane to specialising in locating and recovering children abducted by non-custodial parents. 

His work spans continents, including South America, South Africa, Japan, the US, Europe, and the Middle East. As an author, his book ‘The Retriever’ has sold over 61,000 copies worldwide. He's a life member and board director of the World Association of Detectives (USA) since 1972, a member of the Association of British Investigators (UK), and the only Australian PI profiled on Wikipedia.

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