A Russian court on Friday sentenced US journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal to 16 years in prison for espionage. Euronews reports that the sentence will be served in a penal colony. The 32-year-old journalist was accused of gathering information for the United States...
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China: US citizen sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage
China on Monday sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on espionage charges, at a time of renewed tensions between Beijing and Washington. John Shing-Wan Leung, who has permanent residence in Hong Kong, was arrested on April 15, 2021 by China's counter-espionage agency in the city...
US journalist detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage
Evan Gershkovich, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested on Thursday by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in the city of Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, on suspicion of espionage. Described as "professional" and "dedicated", Evan Gershkovich, 31, lived in the UK and traveled to Russia for two- to three-week assignments, as he writes...
Belgium expels 21 Russian diplomats for suspected espionage
Belgium has decided to expel 21 Russian diplomats from the country on suspicion of espionage and consequent threat to internal security, announced on Tuesday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to a report published by a Belgian news agency to which "Reuters" had access and quoted by the newspaper Económico, the 21 citizens of Russian nationality...
Learn about the most common methods used by companies to spy on employees
Elizabeth Harz, CEO of Connecticut-based employee monitoring software company InterGuard, gave an interview to the Washington Post where she explained some of the methods used by the company to serve some employers