In December 2019, the FBI asked Saber to conduct real-time surveillance of a fugitive from India, Deepanshu Kher, for six months. The firm had to provide data on business trips, transactions, or reservations of this person, who, as a result,  was caught in January and placed under house arrest. Travel data has also been used to catch people like Alexei Burkov, the alleged operator of a credit card fraud site, according to Forbes.

Saber isn’t the only major travel data operator (the other two are Amadeus and Travelport), but the company has been in the spotlight in the past, helping the US track down those involved in the 9/11 attacks. However, a new report claims the Saber was used to actively monitor suspects and criminals in the interests of intelligence agencies. This speaks to significant privacy concerns, as companies like Saber store vast amounts of personal data.

Neither Saber, nor Deepanshu Khera’s lawyer, nor the Ministry of Justice responded to journalists’ questions or commented on this information.