private investigator

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Nineteen private investigators are alleged to have placed phone taps on landlines, taped microphones to windows, bugged cars, intercepted voicemail, blagged information ranging from bank statements to flight details, and put their targets under surveillance.

From BBC

Privacy claims are supposed to be brought within six years but David Sherborne said his clients had been unable to prove their allegations until the private investigators revealed their activities, triggering the current legal action.

From BBC

In the same way, admissions by private investigators that they worked for Mail titles in the 1990s and 2000s were not new.

From BBC

Fellow claimant Sir Elton John has meanwhile accused a private investigator of tapping his home phone and that of his gardener.

From BBC

The couple, who allege that their home telephone was tapped by a private investigator on behalf of the publisher, said they were "devastated".

From Reuters