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For years, members of Canada’s national soccer teams have used drones to spy on their opponents and obtain sensitive information illegally. Radio-Canada’s Enquête has found that there was a “culture” of spying at Soccer Canada made possible by the “strong pressure” placed on employees, according to multiple witnesses. CBC | Sports News
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Russia expels 6 British diplomats, accuses them of spying and sabotage
Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow whose actions it said showed signs of spying and sabotage work. CBC | World News
Read More »Priestman emails show Canada Soccer spying may have been regular practice
Emails released by FIFA indicate drone usage for the purposes of spying may have been a common practice across Canada Soccer’s senior national teams. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Government withholding some of Canada Soccer’s funding after Olympic women’s team spying scandal
Canada sports minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is withholding some of Canada Soccer’s funding following a spying scandal involving the Olympic women’s soccer team. FIFA docked six points from the team due to a drone spying scandal at the Paris Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic soccer, bans coach Bev Priestman for 1 year in drone spying scandal
FIFA came down hard on Canada Soccer on Saturday for a drone spying scandal, deducting six points from the Canadian women’s soccer team at the Paris Games and banning three staff members, including head coach Bev Priestman, for one year each. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Olympic Committee CEO says soccer coach Bev Priestman likely aware of spying
Canadian Olympic Committee chief executive officer David Shoemaker says the head coach of the national women’s soccer team was likely aware drones were used to spy on another team’s practices in France. CBC | Sports News
Read More »1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Australian soldier and her husband accused of spying for Russia
An Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia were denied bail Friday, on the first charges against suspected operatives under Australia’s sweeping espionage laws enacted in 2018. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on spying charges
Russian prosecutors said on Thursday they had sent the case of detained U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich to court after concluding he had been collecting information for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about a Russian tank factory. CBC | World News
Read More »Hero Royal Marine is cleared after being held in Dubai jail for seven months for ‘spying’
Matthew Croucher, 40, has been cleared after authorities admitted to having ‘inadequate evidence’ against him. Daily Express :: News Feed
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