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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquarters

Europe-NATO-Spying - (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Reuters via AP)

A Canadian woman was arrested and accused of espionage while working as an intern in the operational headquarters of the NATO military alliance, Belgian authorities said Saturday.

Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office said it launched an espionage investigation after being tipped off by NATO’s security services. Authorities then detained “a Canadian citizen of Chinese origin” Friday, a day after raiding the suspect's home and workplace inside NATO's vast operational command center.

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