FinFisher spyware used to snoop on Bahraini activists, police told Allegations that three Bahraini activists resident in Britain were spied on by Bahraini authorities using British spyware have led to a criminal complaint. Privacy International is calling on the National Cyber Crime Unit of Britain's National Crime Agency to investigate the unlawful surveillance of three human rights …
The "only webform" comment stuck out. There is a legal requirement for displaying:
Registered information: For a UK registered business, the website needs to display the Company Information i.e. the business name, place of registration, registered number, registered office address and if it is a member of a trade association. For sole traders and partnerships, the address of the principle place of business must be displayed. - See more at: http://www.ukwda.org/blog/is-your-website-legal#sthash.nsW49qgm.dpuf
Which is why the website while portraying itself as a UK enterprise using Home Office logos etc very carefully does not identify itself as a UK or any other registered organisation. The domain registration is hidden by a privacy front. Even the name of the organisation is unclear. There is no Gamma Group UK registration. There are two Gamma International companies at disparate registered addresses that may be behind this or not. But if you don't know who it is - its hard to lodge enforcement action.
These people clearly have something to hide. They are ducking and weaving around the law put in place to protect us. Unsurprising if they are just hackers and phishers to the gentry.
"These people clearly have something to hide. They are ducking and weaving around the law put in place to protect us."
Sounds like the perfect assignment for PC Simon Harwood. He has a cracking track record of protecting the public from protesters too, so I am sure that he will help them make their way home safely if they have nothing to hide.
No - but remember Al Capone was nailed for not paying his taxes - not for killing the competition. Bad companies do bad things. That's what they do. Sometimes you need to concentrate on what you can nail them for rather than what you would like to nail them for.
And in this case not letting them hide away. Like for any vampire - light can be deathly.
Fair. But, I'm not sure a £500 fine for not displaying company information is really fair punishment for complicity in torture, though.
Anyway: Moot point: One of Dave C's mates is probably on the board, so rather than being criminals, the company is a model of British enterprise. Or something.
"There is no Gamma Group UK registration. There are two Gamma International companies at disparate registered addresses that may be behind this or not. But if you don't know who it is - its hard to lodge enforcement action."
Do a search on the terms NCP gamma International export licence
Have a scan through the PDF published by BIS, and it's clear that the authorities know where to find these people, even if they try and hide to avoid getting dog eggs posted to them by the hoi polloi. It also casts a little more light on the background to the complaint. The Winchester based Gamma International UK Ltd is named in the BIS report. The other company has a single German director who is also listed as its sole shareholder, and I would hazard a guess is related to Gamma International GmbH.
Clearly the authorities in both Germany and the UK know about Gamma's activities, and choose to protect it.
Yeah but Bahrain is one of the friendly desert countries, the sort that buy all our lovely weapons and torture devices, not one of those nasty ones that only wants to set themselves up to be invaded by our mates in the "special alliance" over the other side of the Atlantic. So it's alright to turn a blind eye to what the nice security services in Bahrain have asked us to help them with!
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