Corporate spy infiltrated anti-asbestos campaign, court told

Two activists and a lawyer involved in campaign are claiming aggravated damages from K2 Intelligence Ltd

A leading corporate intelligence firm infiltrated the worldwide campaign to ban asbestos in a sophisticated and long-running espionage campaign, the high court in London has heard.

Over a period of four years, the court was told, a spy working for K2 Intelligence Ltd masqueraded as a sympathetic documentary maker in order to gather a mass of sensitive material about the leading figures in the campaign, their methods, funding and future plans.