Macedonia: 20 suspected of espionage, blackmail
The Macedonian Interior Ministry has filed criminal reports against 20 people suspected of a joint criminal enterprise, Beta has reported.
Wednesday, 18.09.2013.
10:31
SKOPJE The Macedonian Interior Ministry has filed criminal reports against 20 people suspected of a joint criminal enterprise, Beta has reported. They are also charged with abuse of power and authority, espionage, blackmail and fraud. Macedonia: 20 suspected of espionage, blackmail Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska told a press conference that "the police possessed information on foreign services the suspects cooperated with, most frequently with the secret service of a neighboring state." "Within the criminal group, five suspects collected protected secret information and documents for the purposes of foreign intelligence services, delivering them to the chief suspect, who, either by using satellite systems or personally, would forward those to the persons working with foreign intelligence services he was in contact with," Jankulovska said. Macedonian police searched 30 places in Skopje during the arrests, including their houses and apartments, as well as their offices in highest-ranking government institutions, Beta reported. According to reports earlier this week, the group includes police officers, and former and current employees of the country's military, Ministry of Defense, and the intelligence agency. (Tanjug, file) B92 Beta
Macedonia: 20 suspected of espionage, blackmail
Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska told a press conference that "the police possessed information on foreign services the suspects cooperated with, most frequently with the secret service of a neighboring state.""Within the criminal group, five suspects collected protected secret information and documents for the purposes of foreign intelligence services, delivering them to the chief suspect, who, either by using satellite systems or personally, would forward those to the persons working with foreign intelligence services he was in contact with," Jankulovska said.
Macedonian police searched 30 places in Skopje during the arrests, including their houses and apartments, as well as their offices in highest-ranking government institutions, Beta reported.
According to reports earlier this week, the group includes police officers, and former and current employees of the country's military, Ministry of Defense, and the intelligence agency.
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