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Police warn of ‘proxy’ Russian spying after Bulgarians convicted

The defendants were found guilty of an ‘industrial scale’ operation.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

An anatomy of a spy ring – from lashes queen to ugly-but-charming Lothario

The players in one of the most sophisticated Russian spy rings ever uncovered on British soil.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Spy ties and Coke bottle cameras: Inside the Bulgarian gang’s James Bond-style spyware

INSIDE STORY: Over the course of three years, five Bulgarian individuals, assisted by a host of others, carried out sophisticated surveillance on British soil and fed secrets back to their Russian handler, writes Holly Evans

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

Daniel Khalife: Fantasist who played cynical game from hapless MI5 double agent plot to audacious prison escape

Former soldier now jailed for spying for Iran and escape from Wandsworth prison that sparked 75-hour manhunt

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

Daniel Khalife: Boy soldier who thought he could be James Bond

Khalife, who grew up in south-west London, passed secret information to Iranian agents after joining the British Army.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024

Ex-British Army soldier Daniel Khalife found guilty of spying for Iran

He ‘probably enjoyed the thrill of deception throughout’, police said.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024

Daniel Khalife: a fantasist or a player in the world of spies?

The young man who escaped Wandsworth prison offered a mixed picture of ineptitude and threat, according to police

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024

‘Bin surfer’ may have found novichok bottle minutes after agents dumped it, inquiry hears

Wiltshire police believe perfume container used for nerve agent was discarded by assassins only to be picked up by partner of Dawn Sturgess

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

TV interview with Salisbury suspects was shocking and welcome, says officer

Dominic Murphy said the account the men gave of their time in the UK ‘was very different from the movements we actually saw’

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024

Salisbury inquiry: novichok bottle may have been ‘re-sealed’ after poisoning

Russian agents suspected of nerve agent attack may have used portable heat sealer during ‘missing 33 minutes’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024