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BEWARE - New police or pharma infiltrator at work

Until all are free | 11.06.2009 07:08 | Animal Liberation

Evidence has emerged of a new police or AR abuse industry infiltrator in the movement.

General warning of who to look out for

Activists involved in animal rights work in two parts of the country have been comparing notes and are convinced there is a new infiltrator at work. This follows on from evidence that has been looked at in a couple of AR court trials where some people noticed that the evidence could only have been obtained by somebody who was present at some particular meetings.

Over the past three weeks we have been comparing notes and have narrowed it down to two people, one person is above suspicion and known for their devoted work over ten years the second however is quite new to AR circles and has been behaving in a way that convinces us she is the one.


The individual goes by a number of names including

Sarah Laurence
Sarah Laurenceson
Sam
Sammie

There may be others, "Sarah" is about 5' 8", dark hair, slim, no obvious tatoos three piercings on one ear and only one on the other. She has a history of offering help with transport and with printing of materials and often quickly offers her ability to have printing done by a friend.
She always has a grey Nokia mobile phone with her that she is often holding in her hand. It seems likely this is a recording device as it never rings and never seems to be turned on.

"Sarah" will often pop up when a new group is just getting off the ground with offers of assistence but then will not be seen for some weeks, she is secretive about where she lives often refering to "near London" or "South of London". She claims to own a rescue greyhound but nobody has ever seen her with it and she has trouble responding when asked about the dog's details. She has been seen driving a blue Ford Focus and an old white Renault van (about the size of a Transit van).

If "sarah" comes along to your meetings or attempts to join your group please be warned. We are 100% convinced she is a grass the only thing we do not know is if she is working for the police or somebody else, she may well be a journalist writing an undercover story but as she has passed info to the police that has been used in trials we think this is less likely.

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Also seen in Bristol

11.06.2009 07:26

This is the same woman that was involved in SHAC related work in Bristol about three months ago. She came out of nowhere and people were concerned about her then because she seemed to know nobody but was very well informed about previous actions. She offered to get posters made up saying that her brother was a printer and she kept asking to use an old laptop we have for designing leaflets etc.

After about three weeks she went away and the number we had for her just went to voicemail all the time and then cut off. She went by the name Sam Lawrence

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Pictures ?

11.06.2009 07:27

anybody got a picure ?

Filth buster

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Well known in Bristol area

11.06.2009 07:35

We know this person and you are right to be suspicious of her.

Almost guaranteed to be a cop as her MO fits the way their undercover teams operate, she is sometimes with a big bloke who calls himself Andy or Andrew, claims to be a Vegan but has been seen eating burgers.

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Record as much as possible

11.06.2009 07:46

With people like this it is important to record as many details as possible. Car registration numbers, phone numbers, email details, etc and publish these widely. The cops only have so many undercover cars so publishing the numbers of those we see means they have to sell them and get new ones.

This girl seems to move from group to group as new actions are being planned so it is likely she will pop up in other groups as well that the state is worried about such as Plane Stupid, Anti nuclear protests, Arms Trade protests, DSEI protest actions etc.

As information is gained publish here on IM and other sites to spread the knowledge, knowledge is power !

More information is better

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Know about her

11.06.2009 09:10

She has been sniffing around London activist groups for at least six months. She was seen at the Camp for Climate Action last year but only for one day because after somebody accused her of being a journalist she left in the night.

She sometimes wears a blue baseball cap with a Greenpeace badge on the peak and Swedish Army surplus trousers. I have seen her with a greyhound but she doesn't look that comfortable with it so it's probably not hers. The white Renault van is called a Master but it has had windows fitted in the sides at the back although these are blacked out and you can't see into the van from the front because there is a wooden panel behind the seats. This is probably where her back-up stays when she is working. The big guy who is with her sometimes looks quite aggressive sometimes and she used to say he was her boyfriend but they are never close in the way a couple would be. He says he was once a fitness instructor but now is unemployed. He dresses in jeans and a polo or T shirt with a blue nylon ski jacket. He also has one of the same grey Nokia mobiles and often a Blackberry as well.

I'm going to go back though my photos later tonight because I think I might have a picture of them or at least her, if I do I'll post it up.

ACAB

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NECTU probably involved

11.06.2009 09:17

Replacing the Animal Rights National Index (ARNI), NETCU was essentially set up to protect corporations from increasingly effective animal rights campaigns such as SHAC. NETCU monitors the policing of animal rights activists and other political movements; follows prosecutions through the courts and cultivates informants. Targeting animal rights campaigners with increasingly repressive new legislation in a series of show trials against the SHAC campaign and Stop Sequani Animal Torture (SSAT).

This individual will be part of that information gathering unit that works to build up a picure of animal rights activity in certain areas and in advance of any major protests.

It is important to be careful but not paranoid, carry out checks on new people but the best check is to see who else they have worked with and get their views on the individual.

Nectu Watch
mail e-mail: warn@riseup.net
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Please send us details

11.06.2009 09:24

If any more is known about this informer then please pass the info to us, we will pleased to pay her a visit and discuss the consequences of her actions.

For example

ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 2 WE APPROACHED THE INSTITUT PASTEUR (A LABORATORY WHERE THEY TORTURE ANIMALS IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE) AND ON A GATE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WE TOOK A NOOSE AND HUNG A LIFE-SIZED DOLL DRESSED LIKE THOSE TORTURERS (VIVISECTORS) WITH THE NAME OF MARTINA CRISPO (HEAD OF THE TRANSGENIC AND EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS UNIT), THEN WE SET FIRE TO TWO TIRES AND LEFT A MESSAGE ON THE WALL FOR THIS TORTURER, THAT READ:
'MARTINA CRISPO:
FUCKING KILLER
IF YOU CONTINUE TORTURING ANIMALS
THE SAME FATE AWAITS YOU
WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'
WE THEN THREW LEAFLETS EXPLAINING OUR VIEWS ON VIVISECTION AND THE REASONS WHY WE OPPOSE IT.



ANIMAL LIBERATION!!!

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Please send us details

11.06.2009 09:24

If any more is known about this informer then please pass the info to us, we will pleased to pay her a visit and discuss the consequences of her actions.

For example

ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 2 WE APPROACHED THE INSTITUT PASTEUR (A LABORATORY WHERE THEY TORTURE ANIMALS IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE) AND ON A GATE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WE TOOK A NOOSE AND HUNG A LIFE-SIZED DOLL DRESSED LIKE THOSE TORTURERS (VIVISECTORS) WITH THE NAME OF MARTINA CRISPO (HEAD OF THE TRANSGENIC AND EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS UNIT), THEN WE SET FIRE TO TWO TIRES AND LEFT A MESSAGE ON THE WALL FOR THIS TORTURER, THAT READ:
'MARTINA CRISPO:
FUCKING KILLER
IF YOU CONTINUE TORTURING ANIMALS
THE SAME FATE AWAITS YOU
WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'
WE THEN THREW LEAFLETS EXPLAINING OUR VIEWS ON VIVISECTION AND THE REASONS WHY WE OPPOSE IT.



ANIMAL LIBERATION!!!

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Sarah Lawrence not Laurence

11.06.2009 11:08

Sarah Lawrence is a London cop who works on what is called by the police a response to the threat of domestic extremism in England and Wales. I doubt that is her real name but this was the spelling she used when she tried to get involved with the G20 Climate Camp planning earlier this year.

We sussed her as a cop very quickly and she was politely asked to leave a meeting. Her approach was to offer facilities for printing and for banner making, she knew some of the names of people involved with Climate Camp who came from Birmingham but when we checked with them she was unknown beyond a single meeting. She was seen at the G20 protests in civilian clothes standing near one of the FIT teams but quickly left when she was spotted and somebody shouted her name.

Climate Camp legal team is investigating if this type of policing is legal under the Human Rights act if anybody wants further information please contact us at the email below.

Thanks - One of the Climate Camp Legal Team

Climate Camp Legal Team
mail e-mail: legal@climatecamp.org.uk

Need piccies

11.06.2009 11:15

A picture's worth a thousand words they say. If you suspect people like this take a picture if they turn out to be ok then just delete it but if like you find out they are a graas or cop then it can be published and other groups helped.

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