A listening device hidden in a carved wooden panel in 1945 remained undetected by American security services for seven years. This isn't the only instance of artwork being used for covert espionage, the BBC reports. Eighty years ago, in the final weeks of World War II,…
Denmark's foreign minister has said he will summon the US ambassador to explain after he learned US intelligence agencies have been instructed to focus on Greenland in light of Donald Trump's threats to seize the island, the BBC reports. "This gives me serious…
Jack Teixeira, the US National Guard soldier who leaked classified Pentagon documents online last year, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Teixeira's case has become one of the most high-profile national security cases in recent years, the BBC reports. In March of this year, 22-year-old Teixeira…
The Lefortovo Court of Moscow ordered the arrest of US citizen Evgeny (Eugene) Spector in connection with espionage charges. The American also has Russian citizenship. Radio Liberty writes about it. The investigator filed a motion to place Spector in custody, and the court granted ...
In Russia, the Tula Regional Court found a Ukrainian citizen guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison in a strict regime colony, Radio Liberty reports. The court materials say that the person involved in the case, whose name is not disclosed, since January ...
In Sweden, a court found a former member of the special services and the armed forces, as well as his younger brother, guilty of spying for Russian foreign military intelligence. They have been doing this for 10 years. The publication Voice of America told in more detail. 42-year-old Swedish citizen Peiman Kia…
June marks the 11th anniversary of the largest spy scandal in the history of Russia and the United States. As a result of the betrayal of the former colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, Alexander Poteyev, the FBI uncovered a network of deeply conspiratorial illegal spies. Many of them have lived under strangers for decades ...
Former US Special Forces officer Peter Debbins pleaded guilty to conspiring with Russian intelligence officials and providing them with information about American national defense. The Voice of America writes about it. According to court records, the special forces soldier began cooperating with the Russian special services in December 1996. ...
American Paul Whelan, convicted of espionage, spent Christmas in a Russian prison. Negotiations for his release are still progressing slowly. The BBC talks about this. In his first in-depth interview since his arrest, Whelan described prison life surrounded by murderers and thieves as “very...
In Colombia, the authorities have decided to expel two Russian diplomats for non-compliance with the Vienna Convention. Russia called this move unfounded and in response also expelled two Colombian diplomats. According to local media reports, the Russians were engaged in intelligence under diplomatic cover. Writes about this ...