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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tom Burgis

Serbian prosecutor who investigated Belgrade Trump tower project ‘targeted with spyware’

Students and protesters stand on a site in front of part-destroyed buildings holding a banner which reads: 'We won’t give up the General Staff building.’
Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was leading plans for the development in Belgrade, which had attracted protests – the banner reads: ‘We won’t give up the General Staff building.’ Photograph: Andrej Isaković/AFP/Getty Images

A Serbian prosecutor who investigated the authorities’ allegedly illegal scheme to help the Trumps build a tower in Belgrade has been targeted with advanced spyware, expert analysis indicates.

The finding suggests a disturbing new element in the authoritarian Serbian regime’s campaign to undermine what is believed to be the first criminal case related to global moneymaking drive of the US president’s family, which critics describe as a “pay to play” scheme trading the Trump administration’s favour for business opportunities.

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