When operating in on British soil, CHERUB has the power to overrule police and other authorities.

When working overseas things become more complicated and CHERUB has to take care that it’s agents do not end up serving time in a foreign prison for breaking local laws.

In some friendly countries, such as the United States and Australia, intelligence agencies have informal agreements that enable agents to work undercover, subject to approval from local intelligence agencies such as ASIS (Australia) or the FBI (USA).