Are you the victim of Industrial Espionage? Call one of us!
Commercial experience is key to tackling the white collar crime of “Industrial Espionage”
You need an expert Private Investigator is to identify, assess and neutralise all forms of technical and human surveillance, targeted investigations and/or intellectual property theft - damaging your organisation.
Business Protection Group have a highly experienced group of experts, licensed, insured and experienced Private Investigators based in Melbourne, able to deploy nationally.
Industrial Espionage (as defined by “Investopedia”):
“The theft of trade secrets by the removal, copying or recording of confidential or valuable information in a company for use by a competitor. Industrial espionage is conducted for commercial purposes rather than national security purposes (espionage), and should be differentiated from competitive intelligence, which is the legal gathering of information by examining corporate publications, websites, patent filings and the like, to determine a corporation's activities”.
Fraud: An Overview of Current & Emerging Risks – Australian Institute of Criminology: Grabosky & Smith:
“Industrial espionage by governments and private sector institutions is a fact of contemporary commercial life and recent developments in the technology of intercepting communications make such activities easier to undertake and more difficult to detect than in the past”.
Answer the following questions:
1. Are you always losing tenders/contracts to the same competitors?
2. Are competitor’s marketing plans/pricing structures one step ahead of yours?
3. Do your designs, innovations, inventions and other IP get launched by others first?
4. Do people know too much about your personal or business affairs?
5. Do boardroom discussions become public knowledge too quickly?
6. Is it difficult to maintain trade secrets?
7. Are you in an active dispute with a partner, spouse, client, supplier or competitor?
8. Are you targeted by criminals, activists or terrorists?
If you answered “YES” (to any) - you might be a victim of “Industrial Espionage” - Bugs, hidden cameras, leaks, covert surveillance or secret investigations devised to steal your Intellectual Property for criminal or commercial gain.
Clues of concern:
A. Have you had visitors to your home or office that seemed odd and unexpected?
B. Have you sensed that fittings or furniture have moved slightly or changed?
C. Have you been burgled but nothing of great value was stolen?
D. Do any locks feel different – sticking, malfunctioning etc?
E. Is any home or vehicle electronic equipment (inc phones) experiencing interference?
F. If you have an alarm at home, does it “false alarm” often?
G. Do you sense you are being followed or watched?
H. Are there suspicious vehicles parked near your home or office?
I. Have your family reported any unexpected visits from utility repairers?
J. Do any staff seem prematurely aligned to unannounced executive decisions?
H. Have you received any gifts where your immediate thought was: “I wonder why...?”
YES? - You may the target of Industrial Espionage and you need to commission us.
BUT... DO NOT call from your office, car, home or mobile and DO NOT email - Find a secure land line (somewhere you do not frequent). Do not have your mobile or laptop near you.
* We will not provide service if surveillance is suspected of being undertaken by a Government Investigator or Agency.
“Counter Surveillance Assessments”
Include: Reverse Intelligence. Sweeps for Technical Surveillance Devices. Physical Security Inspections. Physical Counter Surveillance. Staff Profiling and more...
“Preventative Services”
Include: Physical and Technical measures to protect secrecy in critical meetings. Recommended for Board meetings or other business critical meetings where confidentiality is paramount. Pre inspections are undertaken to "clear" a room and then preventative devices are installed to block or disrupt the inbound or outbound transmissions of communication carrying signals.
We have a widespread professional network that spans throughout the length and breadth of the country. However based in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Chenai, Kolta, Kochi and Trivandrum, we have several happy and satisfied clients all over the country.
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