{"id":216150,"date":"2021-08-07T02:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=216150"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:56:56","slug":"spycops-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/it\/2021\/08\/07\/poliziotti-spia-nel-regno-unito\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Spycops Infiltrated About 1,000 Activist Groups. The Undercover Policing Inquiry Is Still Hearing It"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217273\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217273\" src=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SpyCops-How-the-UK-Police-Infiltrated-1000-Activist-Groups.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork for reporting on the UK Spycops scandal and undercover policing inquiry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since the 1960s, UK police have been charged with surveilling and infiltrating some 1,000 political, environmental, or social justice organizations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LONDON \u2014<\/strong> Britain&#8217;s Special Demonstration Squad and later the National Public Order Intelligence Unit put undercover officers into about 1,000 political, environmental, and social-justice groups. Officers stole dead children&#8217;s identities as cover. Some fathered children with women they were targeting and then vanished. The Metropolitan Police has spent years apologizing in civil claims while the public inquiry, announced by Theresa May, crawls through tranches of evidence. The official site is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpi.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ucpi.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tranche 3 Phase 3 hearings started on June 15, 2026. On August 2, 2026 the inquiry heard that a senior officer, Jon Boutcher, concluded within months of taking responsibility for the SDS that the unit had to be shut down because it was conducting unjustified surveillance and was badly run. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/aug\/02\/spycops-inquiry-undercover-police-unit-sds-closed-john-boutcher-unjustified-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported that evidence. The Home Office opened a consultation on the inquiry&#8217;s future in July 2026, which campaigners read as a threat to finish the job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_12938\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COFGYtUGKmM?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 3 (Phase 3) | Day 23 - (21 July 2026) - AM\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/COFGYtUGKmM\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The AEGIS Alliance has covered police infiltration as a method, not a metaphor. Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/09\/06\/fbi-releases-its-2008-investigation-into-anonymous-project-chanology\/\">the FBI&#8217;s Project Chanology file<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/09\/24\/wikileaks-publishes-spy-files-russia-exposes-russias-mass-surveillance-system\/\">WikiLeaks&#8217; Spy Files Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/police-accountability-news\/\">Police Accountability<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/activism\/\">Activism<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s undercover police units infiltrated about 1,000 activist groups, stole dead children&#8217;s identities, and fathered children with women they targeted. The public inquiry is still sitting. 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