PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) – A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was an intern at a NATO site in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, the Belgium prosecutor said on Saturday. “She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organisation,” the prosecutor […]
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Canadian woman who was NATO intern arrested in Belgium on spying charge
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PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) – A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was an intern at a NATO site in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, the Belgium prosecutor said on Saturday.
“She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organisation,” the prosecutor said in a statement, which added that further details on this individual, including her name, would not be disclosed for now.
The prosecutor said the suspect was an intern at ‘SHAPE’, which is a NATO site in Mons in Belgium.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Susan Fenton)