This metropolitan police also known as London Scotland Yardannounced this Tuesday arrest of five people accused spy for russia inside United Kingdom. The arrest, which took place last February, was announced by the BBC and was featured in a press release. national security operation It was launched by the counter-terrorism unit of the British security forces. Three of the detainees of Bulgarian nationality were charged with the following crimes: have forged documents “Malicious”, including passports and identity cards from many European countries such as France, Italy and Spain.
three of the defendants Orlin Roussev45 years old; Bizer Dzhambazov, 41; And Katrin Ivanova, 31. All three have lived in the UK for over a decade and are multi-tasking there. According to the British public channel, Roussev worked in the financial sector and later founded a company related to this sector. signal reception and disconnection. Dzhambazov and Ivanova participated and volunteered in integration work for Bulgarian citizens in the UK. holding the Bulgarian electionsmakes voting easier for non-residents.
declaration before a judge
Metropolitan Police refrained from disclosing the identity of the other two people were arrested for February 8 chewing allegedly Official Secrets Law. The only information that emerges is A 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old womanBoth reside in London. Two were placed bailThe other 3 detainees are in prison. makeshift prison until he appeared before the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales in London, popularly known as the Old Bailey. End expression before the judge comes last July 31however, details of the appearance have not been disclosed for now.
Scotland Yard’s counterterrorism unit has already warned increase in resources combative possible espionage cases In recent years, most of them are related to Russia. There have also been notorious cases. poisoning Former members of Russian intelligence services on British soil, such as the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 or the assassination attempt on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in 2018.