TSCM & Bug Sweeping Services Across Europe

TSCM (technical surveillance countermeasures) is the professional detection of covert listening devices, hidden cameras, GPS trackers and other surveillance equipment. A TSCM sweep combines radio-frequency analysis, non-linear junction detection, thermal imaging and a physical search to confirm whether a room, vehicle or residence is clear.

For planned work in Europe, a professional sweep is typically priced at €2,500–5,000 per team-day, plus travel and expenses. One team-day covers an executive office or boardroom of about 100–200 m². Urgent response costs around 50% more. You receive a fixed written quotation before any commitment.

A typical boardroom or executive office takes most of a day for a two-person team. A hotel suite takes a few hours, a vehicle about an hour, and a large residence or headquarters floor one to three days, depending on size and complexity.

Common triggers are an M&A process, litigation, a contentious senior departure, a results announcement, a delegation visit, an office move or renovation, or a break-in where nothing was taken. Confidential information reaching the wrong people is the strongest single warning sign.

Only partly. They find a device that happens to be transmitting at the moment of the scan. They miss recorders that store audio locally, cellular devices that only activate when called and anything switched off, which is why professional sweeps also use non-linear junction detection and a physical search.

Yes. Detecting surveillance devices on your own premises, vehicles or property is lawful throughout Europe. Where national licensing applies, such as CNAPS authorisation in France, work is delivered by appropriately authorised operators.

We document it in place, preserve it as evidence and advise on next steps before anything is removed, including whether to involve lawyers or the police. We then sweep surrounding areas and related locations, because a second device is common.

We work in London and every EU capital listed on this page, and in other European cities such as Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, Milan or Monaco on request. Travel is quoted as part of the fixed price.

Planned sweeps are usually scheduled within days. Urgent deployments can often be arranged faster, depending on location and access, and are priced at an urgency rate.

The written report records the areas and items inspected, the methods and equipment used, any findings with photographs and location, and recommendations. It is prepared so that it can support legal, insurance or board processes.