How Russian Spies Bugged Davos 2020

Swiss police suspect Russian spies bugged Davos 2020 disguised as plumbers. Authorities suggest agents posed as tradesmen in order to bug world leaders. Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos. Even those with diplomatic passports.

How Russian spies bugged Davos 2020 disguised as plumbers

Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week Swiss police interrupted what reports on Tuesday claimed were the beginnings of a Russian spying operation in the secluded Alpine town.

Alerted to their unusually long stay in the high-end resort, police picked up two Russian men in Davos in August, the Graubünden cantonal police department confirmed to the Financial Times. The men claimed diplomatic protections, but had not been registered as official diplomats with Bern, the police said. No indications of criminal acts were found at the time, the police added.
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