Surveillance industry – list of companies

Note : outside of minor additions, this list was last updated in november 2020 – some informations may not be up-to-date.

This page aims to list the companies that sell physical surveillance devices designed to be hidden in spaces to law enforcement agencies. Each company in the list has its own page on which we try to gather as much information as possible about the company contact information, legal status, clients, and products.

Listed companies are sorted by their continent and country of origin. Next to each company name, you can see if the company markets audio, video, tracking, or other type of surveillance devices. If there is a known example of a device marketed by the company found after being used to surveil anti-authoritarian spaces or individuals doing subversive actions, the example is shown in purple color after the company name.

The following links allow to quickly access the different sections. The numbers between parentheses indicate how many companies are listed in each section.

An additional section lists companies that were deliberately not included in this list.

Africa

South Africa

Asia

China

Israel

Malaysia

  • Motec : audio, video, tracking

Pakistan

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

  • Al Fahad Security Systems (Etimad Group, Al Fahad Smart System, Al Fahad Smart Systems, Al Fahad Group) : audio, video, tracking

Europe

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Ireland

Italy

  • Area : tracking
  • Atet (Gruppo TRS) : audio, tracking, device found in february 2014 in Turin, Italy
  • BEA : audio, tracking, other
  • DEM Solutions : audio
  • DSE (Digital Surveillance Equipment) : video, device found in june 2019 in Cuneo, Italy
  • Elkron (Urmet) : video, device found in june 2014 in Genoa, Italy
  • Endoacustica : audio, video, tracking
  • GR SISTEMI : audio, video, tracking
  • Innova : audio, tracking
  • IPS : audio, video, tracking
  • Lutech : audio, devices found in february 2020 in Pisa, Italy and Follonica, Italy
  • Micro Team : audio, video, tracking
  • Movia (SPMC) : audio, video, tracking
  • Sio : audio, video
  • Spektra Europe : audio, video, tracking

Lithuania

Netherlands

Russia

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Nagra (Audio Technology Switzerland) : audio
  • Spectradome : audio, video, tracking

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

United States

Multinational companies

Former companies

Companies that were not included in the list

Due to a lack of information

The following companies were not included in the list because, due to of a lack of information concerning their activities, we were not able to find a clear indication that they market physical surveillance devices designed to be hidden in spaces :

“Hunting cameras” companies

The following companies were not included in the list because they market video surveillance devices primarily meant to be used by hunters, and not by law enforcement agencies :

  • Boly, based in the United States, markets products as Bolyguard, has a subsidiary called Boly Media Communications, device found in september 2018 in Sarthe, France
  • Piège photographique, french company

“Fleet management” companies

The following companies were not included in the list because they market tracking surveillance devices primarily meant to allow other companies to track their own vehicles, and not intended for law enforcement agencies :