Surveillance operations enable clients to establish additional information on a subject's activities or verify beliefs and suspicions by covert means as well ‘housing’ targets and locating infringement production or goods.

Carratu employs a combination of in-house and sub-contracted personnel to provide both national and international coverage for physical surveillance. We maintain a database of suitably qualified operatives who are either military or police trained and conversant with the law in relation to surveillance operations, in particular the Regulation of Investigator Powers Act (RIPA).

For mobile operations, a team of three operatives will typically be deployed, allowing for one car driver, one motorcyclist and one footman. For subjects in urban areas, an additional footman is often required, particularly if there is a chance of the target taking some form of mass transit such as the Underground. If static surveillance is required, one operative in a surveillance vehicle will usually suffice, but if there is no suitable location for parking a vehicle, two or more foot operatives may be needed.