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In order to establish which groups were targeted and to what extent, we propose to compile information on Vericola’s activities. Should you have had any contact, however brief, in person or email with Vericola’s employees, please contact us at  tacticsandpatterns@gmail.com
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In order to establish which groups were targeted and to what extent, we propose to compile information on Vericola’s activities. Should you have had any contact, however brief, in person or email with Vericola’s employees, please contact us at  tactics@riseup.net
 
 
  
 
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==Notes==

Revision as of 23:09, 14 February 2011

Vericola, according to Todd the CEO of the company, is a "business risk management company" offering a "bespoke" service to clients "regarding potential threats" to their businesses. [1]

Energy giants hire spies 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]

Revolving door between undercover policing and the private spying business

Vericola would not discuss its clients, but another leaked email revealed two individuals intelligence it had acquired was destined for, revealed The Guardian. One was Gordon Irving, security director of Scottish Power who joined the firm in 2001 after 30 years in Strathclyde Police where he was head of special branch. The other was Alan Somerville, then a director of coal producer Scottish Resources Group. Telling a colleague to forward information about activists in Scotland to the two companies, Todd wrote: "Send … to usual suspects."[2]

Company details

COMPANY DETAILS: VERICOLA LIMITED
WOODLANDS BOURNE LANE
HAM STREET
 ASHFORD
 KENT
 TN26 2HH
Company No. 06555264 Rebecca Todd lists on administrative restoration form:
Mobile = (0)7944 896138 Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 04/04/2008
Applied to be struck off register (presumably for not actively trading): 04/08/2009
Company dissolved (after 3 months inactive): 17/11/2009
Administrative restoration (starts trading again): 06/01/2010 Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC):
7460 – Investigation & security
7487 – Other business activities Accounting Reference Date: 30/04
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/04/2009 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 31/01/2011
Last Return Made Up To: 04/04/2009
Next Return Due: 02/05/2010 Accountants (see separate wiki entry):
HMN Accountants, Woodlands, Bourne Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent. TN26 2HH
Company no: 05629237 Appointments Record lists Rebecca Louise Todd as Director, Ian David Howes is a secretary of Vericola. Rebecca Todd is sole share-holder.

Contact Vericola

Rebecca Todd
CEO
Vericola Ltd
07944896138
rt@vericola.com [3]

Investigation

In order to establish which groups were targeted and to what extent, we propose to compile information on Vericola’s activities. Should you have had any contact, however brief, in person or email with Vericola’s employees, please contact us at tactics@riseup.net

Notes

  1. 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
  2. Paul Lewis and Rob Evans Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranksThe Guardian, 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11
  3. Indymedia Website Spying company, Vericola Ltd, uncovered after incompetence,Indymedia, 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11