All news on the topic: Espionage

A judicial investigation has been launched in France into a former Rafale carrier-based pilot in the French Navy over the alleged transfer of sensitive defense-related information to China.

In Russian-occupied territories, ailing Ukrainian pensioners are imprisoned for ‘treason’ and ‘espionage’.

Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in sourcing high-tech equipment for Russian weapons producers. Filchenkov’s role was exposed by a New York Times investigation, precipitating his departure.

A nuclear project linked to Russian state-owned company Rosatom has been given the go-ahead by state authorities in northwest Germany, under strict conditions to mitigate risks posed by Russian involvement.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service following an investigation by counter-terror police.

A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published U.S.-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and faces trial on spying charges, according to his wife, U.S. lawmakers and two hostage advocacy groups.

Vladimir Putin launched drones from his fleet of sanctioned oil tankers to spy on nuclear weapons in Britain, intelligence experts have claimed.

Britain is facing a major national security challenge from hostile states operating below the threshold of war, the country’s independent reviewer of terrorism and state threats legislation has warned.

A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence official has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia’s FSB security service.

The United States and its main intelligence allies say Chinese military intelligence services are using online job platforms and professional networking sites to target foreigners with access to sensitive information.

Federal prosecutors have asked a United States District Judge in Manhattan to impose a prison sentence of up to two years on a Russian woman who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Whitehall officials fear that Ireland has become a “back door” to Britain for Russian spies because of its generous visa programme, an Irish politician has said.

A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service believed to be Iran in the targeting of a UK-based journalist.

Lindsay Foreman says she is keeping sane by reading, doing laps of the prison yard and, when she can, practicing yoga.

The government could propose legislation banning state-backed organizations such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the UK ’within weeks’, Sir Keir Starmer announced, as he met with the Jewish community in north London.

With a crucial parliamentary vote weeks away, a new report alleges that state security forces attempted to cripple the IT infrastructure of Viktor Orbán’s most formidable political rival.

The MI5 director has voiced his frustration over the trial involving two alleged Chinese spies after the high-profile case was abandoned last month.

Beate Gangås says attack in April by Norway’s ‘dangerous neighbour’ aimed to cause fear and chaos

A former assistant to far-right Alternative for Germany politician Maximilian Krah faces trial in Dresden Tuesday over alleged China espionage.

Valeriy Bitaev is a figure at the intersection of business, security structures, and the shadow economy.