Research: ‘Support for Undercover Operations Falls Short’

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Dutch undercover agents feel insufficiently supervised in their work. New research shows that they often find themselves in difficult situations to gain a suspect's trust, but are frequently left to fend for themselves. "When you are standing in the middle of a Hells Angels clubhouse, you sometimes make decisions at risk to your own life," says Sophie Naber, criminal law lecturer at the Open University in Heerlen.