Cuba Investigators

Privin Network provides private investigation services in Cuba, connecting clients with our investigators and experienced local contacts, familiar with surveillance, background checks, infidelity cases, and locating missing persons. Private investigation is not a licensed or regulated profession in Cuba the way it is in most countries we cover, so every case is scoped carefully within Cuba’s actual legal framework from the outset.

Our investigators and local contacts cover Havana, the capital and center of foreign business and diplomatic activity, well suited to due diligence and locate cases; Santiago de Cuba, the country’s second-largest city and hub of the eastern provinces, useful for cases outside the capital; and Camagüey, Cuba’s largest agricultural province, where much of the caseload involves inheritance and property matters. Wherever your case is based, our investigators and local contacts know the area.

Cuba’s official criminal-record document is the Certificado de Antecedentes Penales, issued by the Registro de Antecedentes Penales under Cuba’s Ministry of Justice. Under Resolution 609/2023, the certificate is valid for one year from its issue date. A person requests their own certificate in person with their carné de identidad (national ID card) at a provincial office, or online through the Ministry of Justice’s website or its iLexMINJUS app for certificates limited to use inside Cuba. We don’t have independent access to this or any other Cuban government database. Background information on someone in Cuba typically comes from a combination of the person’s own documentation, public information, and what our local contacts can verify directly.

Cuba does not license private investigation as a profession. Formal investigative authority is reserved to the Ministry of Interior, and Cuban law penalizes performing a profession without proper authorization with three months to one year of imprisonment or a fine. Cuba’s 2021 reform legalizing private micro, small, and medium enterprises (Decreto-Ley 46/2021) does not extend to investigative services, which remain outside the activities Cuban law allows a private business to perform. Because of this, our work in Cuba relies on knowledgeable local contacts operating cautiously within the law, not a licensed local investigative industry.

Cuba’s Personal Data Protection Law (Ley 149/2022) has been in force since February 21, 2023, and governs how personal data can be collected, used, and shared inside the country. Cuban law doesn’t offer the kind of one-party recording consent that exists in many other countries. Cuba’s 2022 Penal Code (Ley 151/2022, in force since December 1, 2022) created a crime covering acts against a person’s intimacy, image, voice, data, or identity. Recording someone without their knowledge carries real legal exposure in Cuba, and it isn’t something we advise or perform there.

Cuba’s Código de las Familias (Ley 156/2022) allows infidelity as grounds for a fault-based divorce. Custody decisions (guarda y cuidado) are handled separately, under the interés superior del menor (best interest of the minor) standard, rather than being tied automatically to marital fault.

Cuba’s 2022 Penal Code also broadened the crimes tied to digital and technology use as part of replacing the country’s 1987 code, which is relevant to any cybercrime or digital forensics matter involving the island.

Hiring an investigator can be a stressful time, especially if your need arises from an unseen circumstance. When life brings uncertainty, Privin is able to help. With years of experience and a globe-spanning network of industry professionals, we look forward to hearing your needs, tailoring your case to meet those demands, and helping you move forward with confidence that someone is working on your behalf.

Below is a list of our most commonly requested services, but we are also able to handle more niche situations. Schedule a consultation with one of our agents today to get started on your personal action plan.