Espionage

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chinese electric vehicles threaten to undercut UK domestic manufacturing and pose national security risks, a think tank warned.

The Nicaraguan newspaper Confidencial reported on Sunday that Russia established a spy center in one of Nicaragua’s military bases under the auspices of the country’s communist regime.

Federal prosecutors filed charges in New York on Monday against Yuanjun Tang, a Chinese dissident and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, for working as an illegal operative of the People’s Republic of China.

Ties between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) are becoming more alarming, with Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer revealing that the VP hopeful is connected to “secret police stations that the Chinese have here in the United States.”

A federal court in New York convicted naturalized U.S. citizen Wang Shujun of working as an agent for China’s Ministry of State Security.

A Russian court on Friday sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed American media for the delay in negotiations to swap captive American journalist Evan Gershkovich.

China’s Ministry of Commerce released data last week that showed foreign direct investment (FDI) declining for the 12th month in a row in May, slipping by 28.2 percent year-on-year. FDI hit a 30-year-low at the end of 2023.

A report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Monday indicated that, based on satellite imagery obtained by the organization, Cuba has significantly expanded some of its electronic eavesdropping stations with suspected ties to China.

The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing announced new regulations on Monday that will empower its officials to inspect smartphones and other personal electronics at will, including those belonging to foreign visitors.

The Wall Street Journal denounced Russia’s secret espionage trial of its reporter Evan Gershkovich as a “travesty of justice.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that American officials have been in contact behind the scenes to work out a prisoner swap deal that might free Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter indicted for espionage on Thursday after being held captive by Russia for over a year.

China revealed the discovery of piles of confidential military documents for sale as scrap at a recycling facility for less than three dollars.

China on Monday accused Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK.

Former President Donald Trump told podcaster Tim Pool that he is giving “very serious consideration” to pardoning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if elected president in November.

A German court convicted a military officer of espionage Monday for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more.

A Hong Kong-born former U.S. CIA agent has pleaded guilty to spying on behalf of China, the Department of Justice announced Friday. 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal his extradition to the United States by London’s High Court on Monday

Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested.

Nicaragua authorized the establishment of a Russian-built and operated “Instruction Center” for the “reengineering” of the Nicaraguan police.

The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal from Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter detained on highly dubious espionage allegations.

The government of self-proclaimed conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced on Thursday that it had established diplomatic ties with the Communist Party of Cuba, disregarding Cuba’s close ties to North Korea, its long history of espionage, its status as a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism, and its deplorable human rights record.

Viktor Demchenko, a 71-year-old Ukrainian man, died in a Russian prison while on trial for espionage, activists said Sunday.

A court in Beijing on Monday sentenced Australian writer Yang Hengjun to a “suspended death sentence” on espionage charges — effectively sentencing him to life in prison.

Qatari Ambassador to the U.S. Meshal bin Hamad al-Thani allegedly attempted to interfere in both American and European Union politics.

Russia’s domestic security agency has arrested a Russian citizen for allegedly providing information to Poland about defense production.