Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Polish authorities have arrested a 60-year-old employee of the defense ministry on suspicion of espionage for Russian and Belarusian intelligence services, marking a significant case of espionage within the Polish government.
Thousands of people—many of them trafficked—have been let go from compounds in a shake-up of the deeply rooted “pig-butchering” industry.
The attack on the deputy head of the GRU, the Russian military-intelligence agency, follows a series of killings of top military officials in the country.
A row broke out between the U.S. and Poland after a leading Polish politician refused to join a campaign to lobby for nominations of President Trump for the prize.
John Rogers was convicted of a lesser charge in a case that featured spycraft, online seduction and a blackmail scam.
