Undercover police spied on anti arms trade campaigners and exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry

Undercover police spied on anti arms trade campaigners and exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry

Evidence quoted in an opening position statement released on 2 February by the Undercover Policing Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, including Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), because of the financial importance of the industry to the British state. There are also allegations that risks from protests against Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), one of the world’s large…

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Undercover police spied on anti-arms trade campaigners and exaggerated their threat to protect the arms industry Evidence quoted in an opening position statement released on 2nd February by the Undercover Policing Inquiry shows that multiple undercover police officers spied on anti-arms trade campaigners, including Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), because of the financial importance of the arms trade to the British state.  There are also alle…