Espionage

A Greek Air Force officer was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with leaking “secret information” to China through an online intermediary.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT, using its Turkish acronym) and local counter-terrorism police launched coordinated raids in five provinces this week, arresting six individuals suspected of spying for Iran.

A report has found that China has established at least 75 clandestine “influence outposts” across the United Kingdom.

The UK signed off on a Chinese “mega embassy” in London in a move that could have been purpose-timed to cause maximum friction with the U.S..

French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power.

British lawmakers have been warned that Chinese spies are posing as employment recruiters to target MPs and parliamentary staff in a bid to obtain “insider insights” on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.

China and Russia have reportedly been sending attractive women to the United States to seduce Silicon Valley tech executives and steal their secrets.

A man formerly employed by Warsaw city council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage.

The British government is facing accusations of sabotaging the prosecution of two alleged spies for China for fear of angering the communist regime in Beijing.

German security authorities are warning people against becoming “disposable agents” as worries mount about Russia using social media to find recruits for spying and sabotage in or against Germany.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) is investigating 16 Chinese firms for “illegal poaching of high-tech talent.” Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is reportedly of particular interest to China.

An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday.

A Chinese citizen with permanent residency in Australia was charged on Monday with covertly gathering information on an Australian Buddhist group and passing it along to the Public Security Bureau of China.

Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing missile-tracking technology from a research and development firm in the Los Angeles area.

LONDON (AP) – A British man who dreamed of being like James Bond was convicted on Tuesday of attempting to spy for Russia. Howard Phillips, 65, sought to pass information about former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps to two men he

Federal prosecutors in Argentina launched a probe to uncover the logistic and financial networks that allowed Russian spies to enter the country and carry out disinformation campaign efforts, the newspaper La Nación reported Sunday.

A report published on Thursday by the British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) found that Iran has become a physical and cyber threat to the UK that is nearly on par with Russia.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry acknowledged on Thursday the news of the arrest of two Chinese nationals in Ukraine on charges of espionage for allegedly attempting to steal missile designs, offering few details and claiming Beijing was still “verifying the information.”

Kyiv claims to have arrested a father-son team of alleged Chinese spies attempting to smuggle missile plans to Beijing.

Two Chinese nationals are charged with gathering intel about U.S. Navy bases and recruiting Navy personnel for espionage.

Minister of the British government said attacks by Iranian intelligence on the UK are already regularly ongoing and the threat may increase.

The UK, which is unusual in not having civil or home defence, will create a new local force to protect infrastructure like power plants.

They might look like lost tourists – unkempt and overloaded with gear – or hikers with military haircuts.

A Bulgarian man who was the ringleader of a Russian spy ring in the U.K. was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the CIA on Tuesday for publishing videos urging Communist Party officials to defect and work with America, threatening to “take all necessary steps” to stop American intelligence operations against Beijing.

Police arrested two Chinese nationals on Sunday while trespassing on the grounds of the Kangankunde Rare Earths Project in Malawi.

Chinese spies have planted bugs throughout central London, including on park benches and pubs near Westminster, to eavesdrop on British political figures, a report has claimed.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), an international coalition of Uyghurs who fled persecution in China, issued a statement Wednesday that confirmed a man detained in Sweden on suspicion of spying for China was a longtime spokesman for the group.

Philippine officials on Thursday announced six Chinese nationals and one Filipino have been arrested for spying on American and Filipino vessels at the Subic Bay naval base. 

Russia’s FSB security service announced U.S. citizen Eugene Spector was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing biotechnology secrets.

Cuba’s nonagenarian communist dictator Raúl Castro met with Chinese military officials days after a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) revealed new evidence on existing Cuban eavesdropping facilities that China may be utilizing to spy on the United States.

Following pressure from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, the name of the alleged Chinese spy connected to Prince Andrew has been revealed as Yang Tengbo.

A report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) this week revealed previously unconfirmed information on four eavesdropping facilities in Cuba that China may be utilizing to conduct espionage on the United States.

Prosecutors asked for a prison sentence for a French citizen arrested on charges of unlawfully collecting information on military issues.

Five Chinese nationals have been indicted for lying about their strange midnight visit to a Michigan Army National Guard base in August 2023. 

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a think tank that focuses on research into China, revealed on Friday that the Communist Party developed an application for companies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to use to feed information to Beijing.