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Undercover Infiltration
What is it?
An undercover operation is the covert infiltration of a carefully selected and fully trained operative into a workforce or specified position within an organisation or company, with its permission, to gather intelligence or evidence of wrongdoing.
Why?
The reasons for conducting this type of operation can be varied. However, it is normally chosen because other methods have failed or are considered either too risky or unlikely to produce the desired results. Whilst undercover infiltration will not always produce quick results, it is often more cost effective than traditional methods. The intelligence developed can also provide senior management with a much better understanding of its business processes: information is not tarnished or affected by the personal political ambitions of more junior staff.
What does it involve?
The starting point is to understand the problem, the organisation and position the operative will occupy. Once this and other information has been evaluated, the sex, background and skill set of the operative can be determined. It is then important to place the operative with a credible cover story (which will stand close scrutiny) and with the absolute minimum number of people being aware. This may necessitate more than one operative applying for a job and attending a selection interview without the knowledge or assistance of anyone from Human Resources.
Proven Capability
For the last three decades OVAG personnel have been at the heart of a number of major cases which owe their success to undercover operations. It is significant that, to this day, neither the defendants, employees nor senior managers (of the respective companies) are aware that undercover operatives were used. OVAG has established a team of highly qualified operatives with different backgrounds and skills to meet the majority of situations. |
