Spying

Breach at the Bay: The Rising Tide of Espionage at Crete’s Souda Naval Base

The strategic significance of the Souda Naval Base on Crete, the crown jewel of NATO operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, has made it a focal point of geopolitical tensions and a magnet for espionage. In a disturbing trend that has...

Greece Arrests Man on Suspicion of Spying for Iran at Souda Bay

Greek police arrested a 36-year-old man at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens on suspicion of spying for Iran at the Souda Bay, Crete naval base. Police say the suspect who is of Georgian descent and a native of Azerbaijan maintained...

Espionage on Crete? Man Arrested Near Souda Bay Base Amid Iran Tensions

Authorities on Crete have arrested a 26-year-old man on espionage charges, accusing him of photographing military airbases, ships, and their movements in Souda Bay. This arrest takes on particular significance given Souda Bay's critical strategic role for the United States...

US Admits Three UFOs Shot Down May Have Been ‘Benign’

The three UFOs shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a "benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday. The US is drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the...

The US Recovers Portion of Chinese ‘Spy Balloon’ Wreckage

A portion of the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US has been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says. Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics...

China Claims US Spy Balloons Violated Airspace As Relations Worsen

Chinese-American relations continue to worsen, with China now claiming that spy balloons belonging to the US entered Chinese airspace without permission more than ten times last year. Beijing's claims come shortly after an American fighter jet shot down a suspected...

Two Greeks Accused of Spying for Turkey Formally Arrested

Two suspects accused of spying against Greece were formally arrested by the authorities on Friday. The two are accused of spying by taking photographs and gathering other sensitive information about Greek military installations and troop movements in the southeastern Aegean. One...

US Places Further Sanctions on Huawei Telecommunications

  In a move which sends a strong message to the Chinese telecommunications conglomerate Huawei and any entity which might have thought of contracting with it, the United States took stronger measures to counteract its spread across the world on...

Spiegel: German Intelligence Spied on Interpol in Dozens of Countries, Including Greece

The German magazine, Der Spiegel, has alleged that Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency and dozens of countries, including Greece. The magazine claimed that the BND has been spying on Interpol and countries such...

Turkish Sailor Arrested at Port of Elefsina Greece for Spying

  The Hellenic coast guard was alerted on February 1, of a crew member aboard the Turkish Navy Ship "MAKBULE ANA" who had been photographing the Salamis Naval Base during transit in the area of Perama, Pireaus. Arrested at the Elefsina...