What is Spy Shops sweep, Debugging, and Bug Sweeps All About?
The Threat – illegal Eavesdropping in the United States The manufacture, sale, installation, and monitoring of illegal surveillance devices is a multi billion underground industry within the United States. The U.S. State Department estimates that at least 800 million dollars of illegal bugging and eavesdropping equipment is imported and installed into corporations in the United States each year. The majority of this equipment is illegally imported into the United States from France, Germany, Lebanon, Italy, Canada, Israeli, England, Japan, Taiwan, South Africa, and a host of other countries. Additionally, anyone with a soldering iron and a basic understanding of electronics can build and install an eavesdropping device. The raw materials to build such a device may be easily obtained at Radio Shack, or salvaged from consumer electronic devices such as cordless telephones, intercom systems, and televisions. In the United States over six millions dollars worth of surveillance devices are
