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Undercover Officer Exposed After Activist Phone Blunder

3/22/2026

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Simon Wellings, an undercover police officer, admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator after a blunder.
The blunder occurred when he dialed an activist's number while discussing campaigners with colleagues.
He submitted 4,000 surveillance reports on activists from 2001 to 2007 detailing lives.
After expulsion from Globalise Resistance, he continued monitoring other activists for three years.
The inquiry continues to investigate the implications of his actions and Wellings denies inflating the reports.

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Story summary

Simon Wellings, an undercover police officer, admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator after a blunder.
The blunder occurred when he dialed an activist's number while discussing campaigners with colleagues.
He submitted 4,000 surveillance reports on activists from 2001 to 2007 detailing lives.
After expulsion from Globalise Resistance, he continued monitoring other activists for three years.
The inquiry continues to investigate the implications of his actions and Wellings denies inflating the reports.