Cerberus Investigations Limited
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Cerberus Investigations Limited is a Corporate and Intellectual Property Investigations company headquartered in London
, England
. Cerberus was founded in 2005. The owners of Cerberus, Duncan Mee and Cameron Gowlett, have been involved in a number of media projects, the most recent being the film Erasing David
which was released in UK cinemas on 29 April 2010.
, London and has a sister office in Istanbul
, Turkey
. The company operates worldwide for both Intellectual Property and Corporate investigations.
) and was taken from a HGV lorry parked in a lay-by. Following an investigation by Cerberus on eBay and other internet auction sites, samples of the stolen stock was identified and purchased. The seller’s details were supplied to the appropriate police departments and on the morning of May 16 eight warrants were successfully executed by the local constabularies in Liverpool North, Kirkby and Blackpool. A large number of items (roughly £50,000-worth) were retrieved, many in their original White Stuff container boxes from the HGV. Cerberus worked alongside three police forces, Warwickshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, and officers of the national intelligence agencies TruckPol and AVCIS and their provision of evidence led to the recovery of the stolen goods.
In March 2008, Cerberus began working with Makita (UK) Limited to remove parallel imports and counterfeit power tools on eBay and other online auction websites.
by David Bond and Ashley Jones of Green Lions Films which was funded by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
On the 17th April 2010 in the Saturday Times
article 'Can you disappear in surveillance Britain?' Cameron Gowlett and Duncan Mee were interviewed with David Bond in by Jean-Paul Flintoff which focused on the film Erasing David and the issues raised in it.
Before the film’s cinematic release in the United Kingdom on the 20th April 2010, Cameron Gowlett appeared alongside David Bond to discuss the film Erasing David on BBC Radio 5 Live
’s ‘The Victoria Derbyshire Show’.
On 27 April, More 4 held a special screening of Erasing David at the Royal Society of Arts, London. Following the screening, the Director David Bond and featured private investigators Duncan Mee and Cameron Gowlett of Cerberus, took part in a discussion chaired by C4 Head of Documentaries, Hamish Mykura.
On the 28th April 2010, Duncan Mee appeared alongside David Bond on BBC London Radio
’s ‘The Robert Elms Show to discuss the film Erasing David and how a private detective works in tracking and tracing someone on the run.
On 23 July 2010, Duncan Mee appeared in an interview for Vice Magazine by Henry Langston called 'An Interview with a Private Eye'. In the interview, Duncan discussed his life as a private investigator and the nature of his work at Cerberus.
On 29 August 2010, Cameron Gowlett appeared in the BBC1 programme Trackers as a specialist in tracing people and databases.
London
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, England
England
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. Cerberus was founded in 2005. The owners of Cerberus, Duncan Mee and Cameron Gowlett, have been involved in a number of media projects, the most recent being the film Erasing David
Erasing David
Erasing David is a 2009 dramatized documentary film from the United Kingdom. Stating that as of today the UK is "one of the three most intrusive surveillance states in the world, after China and Russia", director and performer David Bond tries to put the system to the test...
which was released in UK cinemas on 29 April 2010.
Business
The company conducts both Corporate and Intellectual Property investigations on behalf of businesses and law firms. The company also provides tracing investigations for private individuals.Geographic reach
Since 2005 Cerberus has been headquartered in Covent GardenCovent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
, London and has a sister office in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The company operates worldwide for both Intellectual Property and Corporate investigations.
Historic Cases
In March 2007, Cerberus was instructed to investigate the theft of a consignment of £500,000-worth of new-line stock from White Stuff, a clothing company. The incident occurred near the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFTDaventry International Railfreight Terminal
Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal is a rail port and logistics centre located near Rugby, Warwickshire and Crick, Northamptonshire just south of the beginning of the M6 Motorway and near junction 18 of the M1 motorway...
) and was taken from a HGV lorry parked in a lay-by. Following an investigation by Cerberus on eBay and other internet auction sites, samples of the stolen stock was identified and purchased. The seller’s details were supplied to the appropriate police departments and on the morning of May 16 eight warrants were successfully executed by the local constabularies in Liverpool North, Kirkby and Blackpool. A large number of items (roughly £50,000-worth) were retrieved, many in their original White Stuff container boxes from the HGV. Cerberus worked alongside three police forces, Warwickshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, and officers of the national intelligence agencies TruckPol and AVCIS and their provision of evidence led to the recovery of the stolen goods.
In March 2008, Cerberus began working with Makita (UK) Limited to remove parallel imports and counterfeit power tools on eBay and other online auction websites.
Media Work
In January 2009, Cameron Gowlett and Duncan Mee of co-starred in the feature-length documentary called Erasing DavidErasing David
Erasing David is a 2009 dramatized documentary film from the United Kingdom. Stating that as of today the UK is "one of the three most intrusive surveillance states in the world, after China and Russia", director and performer David Bond tries to put the system to the test...
by David Bond and Ashley Jones of Green Lions Films which was funded by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
On the 17th April 2010 in the Saturday Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
article 'Can you disappear in surveillance Britain?' Cameron Gowlett and Duncan Mee were interviewed with David Bond in by Jean-Paul Flintoff which focused on the film Erasing David and the issues raised in it.
Before the film’s cinematic release in the United Kingdom on the 20th April 2010, Cameron Gowlett appeared alongside David Bond to discuss the film Erasing David on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
’s ‘The Victoria Derbyshire Show’.
On 27 April, More 4 held a special screening of Erasing David at the Royal Society of Arts, London. Following the screening, the Director David Bond and featured private investigators Duncan Mee and Cameron Gowlett of Cerberus, took part in a discussion chaired by C4 Head of Documentaries, Hamish Mykura.
On the 28th April 2010, Duncan Mee appeared alongside David Bond on BBC London Radio
BBC London 94.9
BBC London 94.9 is London's BBC Local Radio station, and part of BBC London. Broadcasting across Greater London and beyond on 94.9 FM, DAB, Virgin Media Channel 930, Sky Channel 0152 and also online...
’s ‘The Robert Elms Show to discuss the film Erasing David and how a private detective works in tracking and tracing someone on the run.
On 23 July 2010, Duncan Mee appeared in an interview for Vice Magazine by Henry Langston called 'An Interview with a Private Eye'. In the interview, Duncan discussed his life as a private investigator and the nature of his work at Cerberus.
On 29 August 2010, Cameron Gowlett appeared in the BBC1 programme Trackers as a specialist in tracing people and databases.