Definition of organized harassment

Key techniques

• Surveillance:

  Physical following, electronic surveillance, hacking of computers and phones, wiretapping of communications, and monitoring of all online activities.

• Defamation:

  Spreading rumors, baseless accusations of crime, fabricating discrediting materials and distributing them to third parties.

• Profiling:

  Collecting personal information—often via close contacts or partners—to identify weaknesses and insecurities that can be exploited later.

• Conditioning:

  Sensitizing the target to repeated stimuli (coughs, hand gestures, clothing colors, car headlights/'brighting') to push self‑policing and associate these signals with persecution.

• Anchoring:

  Providing false rationales to muddy the waters and keep the target in a cycle of confusion, doubt and fear.

• Stalking & workplace mobbing:

  Overt displays of people following or addressing the target with conditioned words or signals. Intrusions and harassment via these stimuli at the workplace.

• Street theatre:

  Staged scenarios by groups (fake confrontations, simulated conversations) to test and manipulate the target's reactions.

• Sound harassment:

  Directed projection of sound toward the home (e.g., directional speakers and other intrusive technologies) to transmit sound at a distance, disrupting daily life and privacy.

• Noise campaigns:

  Organized abnormal noise around the home (cars accelerating, trucks, shouting, loud conversations, directional speakers) to exhaust the target.

• Sleep deprivation:

  Multiple awakenings each night, preventing rest and inducing irritability, poor concentration, isolation and loss of credibility.

• Baiting and entrapment:

  Provoking the target into an unlawful or compromising act (violence, vandalism, infidelity, drug use) which is later used against them.

• Intrusions ('black bag jobs'):

  Covert break‑ins to move or plant objects, sowing fear and constant doubt.

• Propaganda and disinformation:

  Creating content or sites to discredit victims, equate them with mental illness and infiltrate support spaces to sabotage them.

• Systematic discrediting:

  Harassment designed to mimic psychiatric disorders so that any attempt to report it is rejected or turned against the victim.