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Rebecca Todd was the registered company director of [[Vericola]], a "business risk management company" offering a "bespoke" service to clients "regarding potential threats" to their businesses. <ref name="Lewis"> Rob Evans and Paul Lewis [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/energy-firms-activists-intelligence-gathering Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists] ''The Guardian'',14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11</ref> | Rebecca Todd was the registered company director of [[Vericola]], a "business risk management company" offering a "bespoke" service to clients "regarding potential threats" to their businesses. <ref name="Lewis"> Rob Evans and Paul Lewis [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/energy-firms-activists-intelligence-gathering Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists] ''The Guardian'',14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11</ref> | ||
| + | ==Energy giants hire private security firm to infiltrate campaigners== | ||
| + | According to communications leaked to ''The Guardian'', | ||
| + | :the energy giant [[E.ON]], Britain's second-biggest coal producer [[Scottish Resources Group]] and [[Scottish Power]], one of the UK's largest electricity-generators, have been paying for the services of a private security firm that has been secretly monitoring activists.<ref name="Lewis"/> | ||
| + | :[[E.ON]] said it had hired [[Vericola]] and another security firm, [[Global Open]], on an "ad hoc" basis as its executives wanted to know when environmentalists were going to demonstrate at or invade its power stations and other premises, as they had done in the past.<ref name="Lewis"/> | ||
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| + | Shortly before ''The Guardian'' released the story, ''Indymedia'' published a full account of the [[Vericola]] exposure. ''Indymedia'' published the full company details, the process by which activists gathered evidence about the infiltration and photos of Rebecca Todd. The groups which had been targeted were included, as were the email addresses she and her agents used so that campaigning groups can assess whether they had been infiltrated, and to what level.<ref>''Indymedia UK'' [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/02/474116.htmlSpying company, Vericola Ltd, uncovered after incompetence] 14/02/11, accessed 25/02/11</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 25 February 2011
Rebecca Todd was the registered company director of Vericola, a "business risk management company" offering a "bespoke" service to clients "regarding potential threats" to their businesses. [1]
Energy giants hire private security firm to infiltrate campaigners
According to communications leaked to The Guardian,
- the energy giant E.ON, Britain's second-biggest coal producer Scottish Resources Group and Scottish Power, one of the UK's largest electricity-generators, have been paying for the services of a private security firm that has been secretly monitoring activists.[1]
- E.ON said it had hired Vericola and another security firm, Global Open, on an "ad hoc" basis as its executives wanted to know when environmentalists were going to demonstrate at or invade its power stations and other premises, as they had done in the past.[1]
Shortly before The Guardian released the story, Indymedia published a full account of the Vericola exposure. Indymedia published the full company details, the process by which activists gathered evidence about the infiltration and photos of Rebecca Todd. The groups which had been targeted were included, as were the email addresses she and her agents used so that campaigning groups can assess whether they had been infiltrated, and to what level.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rob Evans and Paul Lewis Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists The Guardian,14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11
- ↑ Indymedia UK company, Vericola Ltd, uncovered after incompetence 14/02/11, accessed 25/02/11
