Canadian intern at NATO’s military headquarters arrested on espionage charges

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 NATO’s security services tipped off Belgium’s military intelligence. Authorities then detained “a Canadian citizen of Chinese origin” on Friday, a day after raiding the suspect’s home and workplace inside NATO’s vast command center.

“She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization,” the prosecutors said in a statement.

The strategic headquarters of the Allied Powers, known as SHAPE, is........

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