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“We have worked with WRi for over 6 years now. Graham, Briony, Gareth and the team have provided us with exceptional service, valuable insights and have always gone above and beyond to support us. Their professionalism and reliability make them a valued and trusted partner.”

UK & Ireland Anti Illicit Trade Manager

The Board

Graham T. Mogg

Graham T. Mogg

LLM, MCTSI

Managing Director / Founder

Graham, a Master’s graduate in IP Law, is a retired Police Officer with over 30 year’s police experience in specialist local, regional and national enforcement agencies. Widely acknowledged as a conscientious and highly committed individual he has been at the forefront of IP crime enforcement in the UK since 2005.

He was instrumental in creating and leading the Intellectual Property Office and National Trading Standards e-Crime Intelligence hubs with responsibility for coordinating intelligence sharing between industry, enforcement and government and held a pivotal role in the development of the National Trading Standards response to illicit trade via Fulfilment Houses.

Graham has received several awards and plaudits from senior industry, enforcement and government agencies for individual excellence in anti-counterfeiting and intelligence management.

Gareth T. Mogg

Gareth T. Mogg

Chief Operating Officer

Gareth has been with WRi for over 13 years with experience at both operational and management level. He manages the day to day operation of our core services, including conducting and organising test purchase, market sweeps, site visits, allocation of actions, overseeing and conducting investigations, liaison with partner agencies (public and private sector).
Gareth has attained a number qualifications to assist him within his role at WRi, some of these include, INTACT Open-Source research and investigation course, IQ Level 3 award for Professional Investigators and has also completed the DCATS module in IP investigations. 

Briony J. Bolter

Briony J. Bolter

Director of Brand Protection

Briony has worked at WRi for just over 12 years. Briony joined as a Brand Protection officer and has worked her way up to Director of Brand Protection leading a small, but dedicated team of brand specialists. Briony liaises with Trading Standards and Border Force daily in relation to product identification and evidential statements. She holds a key role within WRi liaising with some of  our largest clients, ensuring that their expectations are met and services are delivered to the highest standard.

Teams

Intelligence team

This team completes the intelligence collection, analysis and management in order to guide development of investigations by using some of the most advanced analytical software within the industry.

Reactive team

Leading on from the intelligence collection this team start the process of developing a full investigation.
They also provide the brand protection services which includes liaising with Trading Standards, Customs and Border Force.

Proactive team

This team then carries out all the physical activity including test purchase and site visits along with supporting police and trading standards with enforcement actions. This team also develop the private criminal prosecution (PCP) service.

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