A spy was detained in Romania, who transmitted data through the Russian embassy in Bucharest
24 May, 2024 Illustrative photo of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest. Photo credits: Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has detained a Romanian citizen suspected of treason and spying for Russia.
The Romanian publication Digi24 reported on this. Since 2022, he has reportedly been photographing military convoys and important Romanian and NATO facilities in the municipality of Tulcea, and then sending the information through diplomats at the Russian embassy in Bucharest. During searches of the detainee's house, evidence of espionage in favor of Russia was found and seized.
Illustrative photo of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest.
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The detention took place with the support of Romanian intelligence, the General Directorate for Defense Intelligence and the Special Intervention Brigade of the Jandarmerie.
Detention of Russian spies in Europe
On May 21, Militarnyi reported that nine people had been arrested in Poland on suspicion of working for Russian special services and committing a series of sabotage acts in the country. Nine suspects have been arrested and charged with directly participating in sabotage on the territory of Poland on the instructions of Russian services. The Polish Prime Minister emphasized that the case concerned several European countries - Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.
The Polish Prime Minister added that such signals were also coming from Sweden.
Officers of the Polish ABW special service. Illustrative photo
On April 30, it was reported that a German officer accused of spying for Russia had explained his actions by fear of nuclear war. At the trial in Dusseldorf, the 54-year-old Bundeswehr captain admitted that he had passed military information to the Russians.
German media do not name the soldier, but note that the captain was responsible for electronic warfare systems.
The federal prosecutor's office, while reading out the indictment, said that the officer's goal had been to "give the Russian armed forces an advantage against the background of the current political situation."