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Deception Detection Lab
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At DDL, our Blog explores recognising and understanding deceit in various contexts. Our Analysts apply FSLA, showcasing its transferable knowledge, and we examine psychological cues and recent research to help readers identify dishonesty. We highlight relevant events for personal, business, and corporate interests, aiming to foster critical thinking and raise awareness about truth and deception in daily interactions.
Join us as we unravel the science behind deceit and enhance your ability to discern fact from falsehood.


Shutdown Syntax: Parsing Power, Politics and Portfolio Risk
The October 2025 shutdown of the United States government is not merely a fiscal event. It is a linguistic theatre, a semantic battleground where power is wielded not just through policy, but through prose. In the spirit of New Fund Order, we must interrogate the narratives, not just the numbers.
"In the Spirit of the New Fund Order, we must interrogate the narratives, not just the numbers." JB Beckett
Read why...

DDL Ltd
Oct 144 min read


The New Debt Order: Decoding Central Banker Double-speak
Special Advisor to DDL, JB Beckett's Blog on Central Banking and Finance - and how FSLA cuts through the fog. "We are entering a new phase of monetary dysfunction, one where the old rules no longer apply, and the new ones are written in the shadows." Read more

J B Beckett & DDL
Oct 38 min read


Kingfisher PLC – Screwfix Builds a Wall of Silence around Store Expansion Plans
Kingfisher PLC, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, operates in multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Poland. Their stock is the third most shorted in the FTSE 100 with 6.8% of its equity share capital sold short by short sellers.

DDL Ltd
Jun 243 min read


How Forensic Statement & Linguistic Analysis (FSLA) Is Helping Solve Cold Cases - with DDL
In the realm of criminal investigation, words can be as revealing as fingerprints.

DDL Ltd
Jun 92 min read


Love, Lies, and Language: How Forensic Statement and Linguistic Analysis Exposes Romance Fraud
In the age of dating apps and digital intimacy, love has never been more accessible or more vulnerable to deception

DDL Ltd
Jun 82 min read


Manchester United’s Red/Rude Devil
In a report published by The Guardian Online on 29th May, Manchester United Winger, Amad Diallo is reported to have been seen on social media making an obscene gesture to fans outside the team’s hotel in Kuala Lumpur. He claimed his actions were in response to fans who had insulted his mother.

DDL Ltd
Jun 72 min read


Forensic Statement and Linguistic Analysis (FSLA) in Insurance: Uncovering the Truth Behind The Claims
How DDL uses FSLA to help identify Insurance Fraud

DDL Ltd
May 73 min read


Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Red Paint Incident before Rematch between Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan

DDL Ltd
Mar 283 min read


Frankie Says (I can't) Relax (DDL Blog on how FSLA can be used in Sport)
DDL Blog on how we use FSLA in Sport. Frankie Dettori was involved in a dispute with HMRC

DDL Ltd
Mar 204 min read


Linguistic Training and the Investment Research Analyst - United in being Delighted? (DDL Blog comparing FSLA with Investment Analysis)
How would an Investment Research Analyst vs FSLA trained Analyst assess an Earnings Statement?

DDL Ltd
Mar 193 min read


Dog Gone - 'Left' Behind (DDL use FSLA in Everyday life)
Forensic Statement and Linguistic Analysis (FSLA) can be of significant value and applied to everyday life with notable effect.

Deception Detection Lab
Mar 172 min read


Wal Green Around the Gills? Part 2 - Our Analysis
DDL Blog on FSLA in Q3 Walgreen Earnings Calls - Part 2 - Wal Green Around the Gills? Our Analysis

Deception Detection Lab
Mar 55 min read


Wal Green Around the Gills? Part 1 (DDL Blog on FSLA in Earnings Calls)
DDL Blog on FSLA in Q3 Walgreen Earnings Calls - Wal Green Around the Gills

Deception Detection Lab
Mar 43 min read


Hiding in plain Sight? Part 2 - The Karen Matthews 999 Call – Our Analysis (DDL Blog on using FSLA in Emergency calls)
DDL Blog on how our FSLA experts can assist in Emergency 999/911 calls in detecting deception - Hiding in Plain Sight? The Karen Matthews 999 Call - Our Analysis

Deception Detection Lab
Mar 34 min read


No Sheining Light? (DDL Blog on FSLA in Clothing Industry)
Shein has faced allegations that its products contain cotton from China’s Xinjiang province where the Chinese Government has been accused of forced labour and human rights abuses targeting Uyghur people.

Deception Detection Lab
Feb 286 min read


‘None of my Business’ Secretary – A Fauxpology (DDL Blog using FSLA in Politics or perhaps for a Senior Hire?)
DDL Blog on Shein facing allegations of Human Rights - the interview with FSLA insights - Business Secretary Johnathan Reynolds apologised

Deception Detection Lab
Feb 283 min read


Hiding in Plain Sight? Part 1 - The Karen Matthews 999 Call
DDL Blog using FSLA for deception detection in 999 call -
'Hiding in Plain Sight? The Karen Matthews 999 Call

Deception Detection Lab
Feb 283 min read


Treasury Selective Memory Committee (DDL Blog on using FSLA in Politics)
DDL Blog on using FSLA in Politics - On the 12th, February 2025 during the Treasury Select Committee meeting looking into the work of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)

Deception Detection Lab
Feb 252 min read


Seeing Red – Getting to the Truth (DDL Blog on using FSLA in Sport)
DDL Blog on using FSLA in Sports - Ref Michael Oliver sends off Myles Lewis - Skelly on 25.01.25

DDL Ltd
Feb 224 min read


‘You See but you do not Observe’ (DDL Blog - how FSLA can be used for Police Investigations)
DDL Blog - How we use FSLA to help in Law Enforcement investigations - Murder of School Girl. Truth hidden in plain sight.

Deception Detection Lab
Feb 172 min read
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