  The complementarity of direct, indirect and collider searches for dark matter
has improved our understanding concerning the properties of the dark matter
particle. I will review the basic concepts that these methods rely upon and
highlight what are the most important information they provide when it comes
down to interpret the results in terms of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
(WIMPs). Later, I go over some of the latest results emphasizing the
implications to dark matter theory in a broad sense and point out recent
developments and prospects in the field.
