[5] In April 2006 state-owned coal mining company Solid Energy admitted that it employed Thompson and Clark to spy on the Save Happy Valley Campaign, an environmental group.
[9] In August 2007 it was revealed that AgResearch, the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, and Massey University were also employing Thompson and Clark to monitor activist groups, while the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry refused to confirm or deny the practice.
[18][19][20] Later in March Official Information Act requests revealed that Thompson and Clark was spying on Greenpeace and other environmental groups on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
[21] In April it was revealed that they had been employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide security for the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in Auckland in 2016.
[22] Later that month details emerged of inappropriate dealings between at least one New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) staff member and Thompson and Clark.
[3] Three independent inquiries were conducted by the NZ Police,[27] the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority (PSPLA) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).