Russia shifts to professional sabotage cells across Europe
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Updated · The Associated Press · May 6
Russia shifts to professional sabotage cells across Europe
10 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · May 6
Poland's ABW said 69 espionage investigations were opened in 2024-25, matching the total from 1991-2023, with 62 arrests over the past two years.
The agency said Moscow is increasingly using organised crime and recruits with law-enforcement or military backgrounds, while intensifying Russia-based training for agents prepared for terrorist acts.
ABW said Poland is a main target, with some activity directed by Belarus and China, and linked the threat to a wider hybrid war since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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