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The founder of the forensic linguistic school of language profiling® is one of the world's best language experts. Raimund Drommel has been the terror of all anonymous criminals since 1986, having now processed over 1,800 cases.
As a language profiler, Drommel taught linguistics, language psychology, phonetics and criminal science at various universities in Germany and abroad.
In connection with the language profiling® he developed, he was, among other things,
- from 1988 to 1999: Advisory expert for the Federal Prosecutor General with a focus on “Language analytics – combating terrorist violent crime” (in close cooperation with the State Security, with the Federal Prosecutor Dr. Peter Pöpperl and with Rudi Geil, Minister of the Interior and Sport of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate ),
- from 1988 to 1999: Permanent guest lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Police Academy for “Language as a Crime Tool” (Head: Criminal Directors Wolfgang Stein and Manfred Holder),
- from 1993 to 1998: Visiting professor for “Forensic Text Studies” at the Institute of Criminal Science at the University of Cologne (directors: criminal law professors Dr. Hans Joachim Hirsch and Dr. Günther Kohlmann).
Since 1986, not a week has passed without Raimund Drommel analyzing texts that are in question. Through this extensive work, he acquired a wealth of experience that no other forensic linguist has in this field internationally.
But what is special about Raimund Drommel's forensic linguistic method? – No one else uses linguistic, psychological and criminological approaches to text analysis.
After his Spiegel bestseller The Code of Evil (Heyne HC 2011), Drommel presented the scientifically based volume Language Profiling - Basics and Case Studies (Frank & Timme 2015).
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Marlyn Drommel initially completed her studies at the University of Butuan City with a bachelor's degree before starting to process and evaluate documents relevant to evidence alongside her husband in 2006.
After two years of special training with Raimund Drommel, Marlyn Drommel has been working as a text investigator and task force member of the team for 12 years. With her almost 20 years of practical experience in the field of forensic text processing as well as manual and computer-aided text analysis, she takes our first step towards the perpetrator and often already captures parts of his mental program.
Marlyn Drommel has already processed more than 190 reports with all attachments.
Thanks to her years of forensic-linguistic training and expertise, Josephine Obert is our specialist for (comparative) language reports.
Josephine Obert studied linguistics and cultural studies, Scandinavian studies and literary studies in Münster, Stockholm and Dresden.
She gained practical experience in forensic linguistics during her master's degree and then worked for various offices and companies as an independent expert. While working as a research assistant at the Professorship of Applied Linguistics at TU Dresden, she wrote various publications, lectures and workshops on the topics of “Language & Violence” and “Language in Conspiracy Myths”.
We have been working closely together since 2022. Josephine Obert is a permanent member of the team as a language expert and is particularly responsible for comparative language reports. She lives and works in Dresden.
Chief investigator Raoul Classen has been protecting people since completing his personal protection training in 1999 and developing protection concepts for people at risk.
The former president of the Federal Association of German Detectives is one of the most renowned detectives in German-speaking countries. As an all-rounder, he can provide us with all detective services.
Raoul Classen is head of training at the German Academy for Investigation Services GmbH and works worldwide as operational manager of DETEK AG.
After graduating from the Seoul Foreign School, a long-term career in the Bundeswehr and NATO followed. His areas of responsibility there included operational information gathering and evaluation as well as the creation and monitoring of extensive security concepts for military counterintelligence. As a specialist at the NATO School of Communications and Information Systems (NCISS), he continued to train NATO personnel in the areas of intelligence and information protection.
After completing his NATO career, Classen worked primarily as an investigator in the areas of economic crime and industrial counterintelligence. Among other things, he is a consultant for the Lower Saxony State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and was President of the Federal Association of German Detectives from 2016 to 2022
As a specialist in the area of prevention measures, he is the contact person for security and vulnerability analyses, information protection concepts and anti-eavesdropping measures as well as the development of security and crisis management for companies and private individuals. For the latter task, Classen completed certified personal protection training.
