A GPS tracker was found under the car of a member of AFA (Animal Freedom Aotearoa). It was attached to the car with magnets, and used a mobile phone connection to report the car position. According to the articles that reported the discovery of the device, the information collected by the device was sent to Thompson and Clark, a New Zealand private investigation agency. The surveillance was probably carried out on behalf of a company targeted by the activists.
According to the articles that reported the discovery of the device, the device was supplied to the private investigation agency Thompson and Clark by the New Zealand company Argus Tracking. As shown by the high resolution pictures of the device, its model was GT-2000XT-D, and it was very similar to the device GT-2000, marketed by the company based in United Kingdom Custodia Systems.
- GT2000.pdf: product description of the GT-2000 device (in English).
- levin-2010-04.zip: very high resolution pictures of the device.
