Europe has kicked out around 400 Russian diplomats since 2022 and caught at least 15 suspected spies. Some of these spies are rumored to be “ghosts” – agents using fake identities of deceased people. In August 2023, Britain shocked its neighbors by charging three Bulgarians with spying for Moscow. These
This is an intriguing case of the Hotel Rössli in Unterbach, a serene village in the Swiss Alps. This century-old lodge, known for its picturesque views and rustic charm, became the unlikely center of an international espionage controversy involving the United States, China, and Switzerland.
Local news media reported that a US spy balloon crashed in northeast Syria near Rmelan, which was also close to a US facility. On May 15, a large US military surveillance aerostat crashed close to the town of Rmelan in the northeastern Al-Hasakah region of Syria. Social media footage showed
Yemen’s SABA news agency reports that security services busted a US–Israeli spy ring, Force 400, arresting members involved in espionage and sabotage. SABA news agency claimed on May 6 that the Yemeni security services disclosed they had recently detained several spies for the US and Israel. The security services declared
According to the indictment, a federal grand jury in San Francisco has arrested Linwei Ding, a Chinese national and Google engineer, for stealing AI secrets for China. A former software engineer for Google has been charged with stealing trade secrets relating to artificial intelligence while working for Chinese rivals looking
L. Reshetnikov, a veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, has sent a letter to William J. Burns, the director of the CIA, in response to an article titled “Spycraft and Statecraft: Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition.” Read it below: Dear Mr. Burns, I have read
The CIA secretly aids Ukraine in countering Putin by providing funding, equipment, and training to an elite Ukrainian commando unit, known as Unit 2245. This assistance, initiated in 2016, aims to reverse-engineer Russian drones and communications equipment, as well as to break Moscow’s encryption systems. Located amidst a thick woodland,
China’s Ministry of State Security criticizes the CIA for espionage, calling its anti-China campaign hegemonic. The CIA’s history, including controversial actions, has drawn severe criticism. China’s Ministry of State Security criticized the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) current focus on China in a rare bilingual post on the WeChat platform
George Papadopoulos has tweeted a video showing supposed proof that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who passed away on Friday in a gulag, was working with the CIA. As previously reported by Kristinn Taylor, the Russian jail administration has stated that 47-year-old Russian democratic leader Alexei Navalny passed away on