Mass arrests today linked to G20 - Media asked to keep quiet
G20 person | 24.04.2009 12:23 | G20 London Summit
ID informaiton has come from small person mounted cameras that the police in the UK used for the first time in a major operation. Undercover police mixed with activists during preperation for the G20 protests at rampARTS and the Climate Camp gathering in Paul St and used voice matching and facial recognition software to identify individuals that were in some case masked up.
Following the arrests houses and flats were searched and equipment including PC's laptops and DVD's were taken away. Those arrested in the UK have been taken to police stations across London with those in mainland Europe also held in police stations.
Legal observers have visited Battersea and West End Central police stations to request oversight of the interviews but have been refused entry.
G20 person