Client Confidential: Spooks, Secrets and Counter-Espionage in Celtic-Tiger Ireland<\/em>, penned by former soldier turned security consultant Sean Hartnett, published by Merrion Press.<\/p>\nHartnett details a meeting in 2007 with the then CFO of Clarkson in which the broking executive voiced his concern that their offices might have been bugged as the Russians, who they were in a long running court case with in London, always seemed to be one step ahead of them every day in court.<\/p>\n
Twelve years ago Clarkson was sued for $54m by two Russian shipping lines, Sovcomflot and Novoship, over commissions paid to third parties in a three-year period from 2001 to 2004. The legal case at the High Court in London would go on to be one of the most protracted in shipping history.<\/p>\n
The book details how after a couple of sweeps through the Clarkson offices in London, a pinhole listening device was found in one of the paintings in the broker\u2019s boardroom.<\/p>\n
Clarkson officials have yet to reply to enquiries made by Splash<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Clarkson-1024x768.jpeg\")
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