Authorities in Norway say a Norwegian student in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the U.S.

Summary

A Norwegian student in his 20s was arrested for allegedly spying for Russia and Iran while working as a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.

Norway’s domestic intelligence agency, PST, suspects him of activities damaging to national security and found evidence of his communications with a handler.

The man admitted to collecting and sharing information but denies espionage charges.

He is also a security and preparedness student at Arctic University, which has seen prior espionage cases.

Norway is increasing border security amid tensions with Russia.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    9 hours ago

    Lol we’are about to get Russian agents in the executive branch accusing Chinese dissidents of being CCP spies, while simultaneously allow actual CCP spies to stay and harass dissidents.