Inside the secret world of the corporate spies who infiltrate protests
by Meirion Jones and Rob Evans from Environment | The Guardian on (#3AFRH)
Major firms hiring people from corporate security firms to monitor and infiltrate political groups that object to their commercial activities
It was perhaps not the most glamorous assignment for a spy. Toby Kendall's mission was to dress up as a pirate, complete with eye-patch, bandana and cutlass, and infiltrate a group of protesters.
The campaigners had organised a walking tour of London to protest outside the premises of multinational firms, objecting to what they believed was the corporate plunder of Iraq.
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