Spy scandal in Belgium challenged the EU and NATO

Spy scandal in Belgium challenged the EU and NATO

KIEV. 15 Feb. UNN. Belgian intelligence officer was accused of working for Russia on the background of long-standing concerns about security in Brussels, where the institutions of both the EU and NATO. One of the employees of the Department of external security the military intelligence service of Belgium (ADIV) accused of passing classified information to Serbian woman who may be a Russian agent. This is evidenced by the materials of the ongoing investigation by the Belgian Federal prosecutors and Belgian parliamentary oversight body, reports UNN with reference to the EU Observer.

According to the newspaper, the news first appeared in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen on Thursday (February 14), who quoted sources from ADIV.

De Morgen noted that more senior ADIV, Clement Vandenborre, head of the counterintelligence Department of the military intelligence service, was dismissed in connection with allegations of illegal destruction of confidential documents and in the wider abuse of office.

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If you find that Belgian the major worked on Russia, the investigation will be an echo of the case of Herman SIMM, an employee of the Ministry of defence of Estonia, who was convicted for espionage in favor of Russia in 2009.

The main task of ADIV is the protection of military secrets in Belgium and abroad. Brussels is also home to the EU institutions and the headquarters of NATO.

They should be protected by the Belgian civilian intelligence service, the VSSE and their internal services.

But Russian penetration of ADIV will pose a threat to the safety of everyone, as shown by the case of Estonia 10 years ago when SIMM leaked 386 files associated with the EU and NATO, some of which were classified as “confidential” and “secret”.

As reported UNN, earlier in Estonia, two men are 38-year-old Denis Metsavan and his 65-year-old father Peter Wolin – were found guilty of treason and transfer of internal information to Moscow.