Austria's chancellor has announced the convening of the National Security Council, following the arrest on espionage charges of a man working for the country's now-disbanded domestic intelligence service. It is necessary to prevent threats to Austria from “Russian espionage networks”, which infiltrate or exploit political parties or networks,” Chancellor Karl Neuhammer of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) said today. The Council will convene on April 9. Yesterday, the Vienna State Court ordered the pre-trial detention of a former employee of the now dissolved Federal Office for State Protection and Counter-Terrorism (BVT), who was arrested on Friday on charges of abuse of power and secret intelligence activity against Austria. The court arrested the man on grounds of risk of conspiracy and risk of committing the crime, a court spokesman told APA news agency. The prosecutor's office in Vienna requested his pretrial detention yesterday. However, he did not report on account […]
Source: News Beast
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