As Hogan notes, ‘given our experience, UK police were considered to be significant leaders in combating this type of extremism’, and he was subsequently invited to other European member states to develop information sharing protocols. Hogan also presented on behalf of NPOIU at a European conference on animal rights, which took place in Finland sometime between January 2006 and July 2007. We also know that cooperation between German police and the British spy units stretches at least as far back as 1995, when undercover SDS officer Peter Francis was infiltrated into a Youth Against Racism in Europe group which went on a summer camp to the Bavarian Forest (with his cover officer Bob Lambert travelling over as well). Further research revealed the existence of the European Coordination Group on Undercover Activities, an informal police network which facilitates the co-ordination and exchange of undercover police across Europe. This was the first of a meaningful collaboration between the NPOIU and the German authorities and contributed to their strategic planning leading up to the event in 2007.įrom questions raised in the German Parliament we know that six German undercovers came to Gleneagles for the G8 protests while two British ones, Mark Kennedy and ‘Marco Jacobs’ were involved in the preparations leading up to Heiligendamm, and attended the demonstrations. In the spirit of openness we have archived it below, and included it in our profile of Paul Hogan.īreaching Scotland Yard’s recently-claimed policy of Neither Confirm Nor Deny in every possible way, Hogan reveals in great detail how in 2007 the NPIOU was invited to Germany to export its experience of spying on anti-G8 activists accrued at the 2005 Gleneagles summit in Scotland, to help colleagues there prepare the infiltration of similar protests in Heiligendamm. Soon after excerpts of his LinkedIn profile were posted on Twitter earlier this week ( thanks Hogan took down his profile picture when he returned from a golf trip to Turkey with mates and the press started approaching him, the profile disappeared entirely. While the police are throwing their toys out of the pram to keep the Undercover Policing Public Inquiry behind closed doors (Judge Pitchford’s ruling on this expected 3th May), it is quite surprising to find a former #spycop showing off online about his work work – but that’s exactly what Paul Hogan has been doing.Ī four-and-half year veteran with the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), the successor of the original Special Demonstration Squad, Hogan even had a year-long spell as a senior manager within the unit. Updated 27 April 2016: A total of four top Scottish officers involved in the #spycops scandal at management level – and counting… Eveline Lubbers, Undercover Research Group,
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