International Intelligence Limited

International Intelligence Limited
Subsidiary
Industry

Technical surveillance counter-measures
Counter espionage
Competitive intelligence
Corporate Investigation
Competitive intelligence
counter surveillance

intelligence
Founded 2002
Headquarters Eastington, Stroud, U.K.
Number of locations
 London, U.K.
Key people
 Alexander J Bomberg (Group CEO)
George R. Foster (Director)
Parent Intelligent (UK Holdings) Limited
Website https://www.international-intelligence.co.uk

International Intelligence Limited is a United Kingdom based security and intelligence company. Incorporated on 11 July 2002, it is part of the Intelligent (UK Holdings) Limited group of companies that investigates and provides counter espionage services.[1]

Company overview

International Intelligence Limited is a private security and intelligence firm based in Cheltenham, England.[2] The firm was founded by Alex Bomberg, a former aide to the Royal Family of the United Kingdom,[3] who is currently CEO of the company.[4] The firm provides intelligence and investigation services in the security, banking and government sectors. Personnel are drawn from military intelligence and police backgrounds.[5] The firm employs personnel from various specialist backgrounds, including TSCM specialist, Michael Moran,[6] The company is involved both in physical private security and in combatting corporate espionage.[7] A large portion of its clients include international law firms based in the UK.[8]

The War on Terror

One year prior to the 2005 London bombings, Bomberg was among the first to warn the city of London that it would one day be victim of a terrorist attack itself following 9-11.[2] During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the company worked on intelligence tasks and protection contracts in Iraq and the Middle East.[9] The firm is known for staging rescues of foreign civilians in war zones, regardless of whether or not the civilians are on their client list. In August 2003, International Intelligence forces rescued six British lawyers from a hostile crowd in Baghdad, extracting them to a neutral hotel, in a pro bono action despite those solicitors not being clients of the firm.[10]

In 2009, as part of the restructuring under Intelligent (UK Holdings) Limited, the company moved its Private military company and Bodyguard activities over to its sister company, Intelligent Protection International Limited.

Security and espionage

Since the early 2000s, International Intelligence has carried specialist intelligence gathering to aid its clients, often using cold war espionage techniques.[11] In November 2004, the company appeared on the National Geographic Channel, which showed their work in discovering and weeding out hidden recording devices used in corporate espionage[12]. In 2009, International Intelligence CEO, Alex Bomberg, participated in a BBC documentary[13] on intelligence gathering, demonstrating the ease of gathering sensitive information via physical and technical means.

International Intelligence and Bomberg have been interviewed by the press when international espionage is involved in current events, including the swapping of spies between countries[14] and national security practices during global events, including the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011.[15] In November 2013, International Intelligence Limited personnel gave expert testimony in the Brunei Magistrates’ Court on behalf of the Brunei Royal family, concerning royal security protocols.[16] In 2015, Bomberg gave a radio interview to London-based Share Radio on the subject of Corporate Espionage[17] and in a 2017 article in the US publication, Voice of America, named “London’s Spy Industry Thrives in Private Sector” Bomberg discussed the work of private intelligence companies.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About us - International Intelligence". international-intelligence.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 Lucy Hickman (July 1, 2004). "Bracing for disaster". The Law Society Gazette. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Duncan Gardham (February 29, 2008). "Prince Harry: UK terrorists may try to 'slot' me". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ Matt Dunham (December 11, 2010). "Attack on Prince Charles and Camilla Prompts UK Security Questions". ABC Action News. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Law firms call in ex-SAS personnel to spy on staff and eavesdrop potential clients". Law Society Gazette. 2002-09-06. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  6. ↑ "Princess Diana hired a private security firm to secretly sweep Kensington Palace for bugs". Daily Mail. London. 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Countering Espionage - A Modern Threat". November 5, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ Jeremy Fleming (August 19, 2004). "Under scrutiny". The Law Society Gazette. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Iraq lawyers rescued". Law Society Gazette. 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  10. ↑ Jeremy Fleming (August 14, 2003). "Iraq Lawyers Rescued". The Law Society Gazette. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  11. ↑ Jeremy Fleming (September 6, 2002). "Law firms call in ex-SAS personnel to spy on staff and eavesdrop potential clients". The Law Society Gazette. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  12. ↑ "II on NG". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Who's Watching You". BBC. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  14. ↑ Dmitriy Korobeinikov (September 7, 2010). "Convicted U.S. spy may seek political asylum in Britain". RIA Novosti. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Quick Study: The Royal Wedding of Kate & Will". Reader's Digest. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  16. ↑ Quratul-Ain Bandial and Bandar Seri Begawan (November 2, 2013). "Brunei needs to improve security". The Brunei Times. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  17. ↑ Ed Mitchell (February 5, 2015). "Alex Bomberg on industrial espionage". Share Radio. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  18. ↑ Luis Ramirez (February 10, 2017). "London's Spy Industry Thrives in Private Sector". Voice of America. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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