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State-backed espionage in Britain is at its worst since the Cold War, a counter-terror commander has warned after a cell was convicted of spying for Russia.
Six Bulgarians face lengthy prison sentences after sending secrets to the Kremlin's intelligence services for almost three years, tailing opponents of the state and spying on a US airbase.
A fifth of British counter-terror policing is now dedicated to battling a surge of state-backed threats at levels not seen in decades, Scotland Yard commander Dominic Murphy said.
Speaking exclusively to the Trial+ podcast, he said: ‘This is the Russian state using Proxies Buy hired or tasked to conduct espionage activity in the United Kingdom, something that we're probably not used to as a challenge for us since the Cold War, but really is now a very real challenge for everything we do.
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‘Certainly it [presents the biggest challenge] for counterterrorism policing since the Cold War.'
Counter-terror policing has had to adapt to the threats posed by national security espionage from Russia and other hostile states, the Scotland Yard commander added.
‘We've disrupted lethal threat plots in the United Kingdom by the Iranian state as well over the last couple of years,' he said.
‘And so we continue to see investigations into a broad range of challenges here. But in this case, clearly, Russia was tasking this group of individuals, largely from Bulgaria, to conduct this activity here.'
Vanya Gaberova, 30, has been found guilty of spying for Russia at the Old Bailey
Decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, (left) and Orlin Roussev, 46, (right) were both accused of being part of the ring. Roussev pled guilty at an earlier date
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Beautician Vanya Gaberova, 30, decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, and lab technician Katrin Ivanova, 33, were found guilty of conspiring to spy for Russia after a three-month trial at the Old Bailey.
Their handler, Orlin Roussev, 46, his lieutenant, Biser Dzhambazov, 43, and Ivan Stoyanov, 32, had already pleaded guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets Act.
Their well-financed activities spanned London, Vienna, Valencia, Montenegro and Stuttgart, with the two women intended to be used in a series of 'honeytrap' plots.
At least £200,000 was sent by the group's Moscow-based handler, fugitive businessman Jan Marsalek, to finance the operations, which were planned over 80,000 messages exchanged with Roussev over Telegram.
And an 'Aladdin's Cave' of sophisticated technology including rocks containing hidden cameras, a £120,000 device for intercepting mobile phone numbers, 11 drones, 221 mobile phones and 75 fake passportent-Disposition: form-data; name="captcha_key"
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Six Bulgarians face lengthy prison sentences after sending secrets to the Kremlin's intelligence services for almost three years, tailing opponents of the state and spying on a US airbase.
A fifth of British counter-terror policing is now dedicated to battling a surge of state-backed threats at levels not seen in decades, Scotland Yard commander Dominic Murphy said.
Speaking exclusively to the Trial+ podcast, he said: ‘This is the Russian state using Proxies Buy hired or tasked to conduct espionage activity in the United Kingdom, something that we're probably not used to as a challenge for us since the Cold War, but really is now a very real challenge for everything we do.
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‘Certainly it [presents the biggest challenge] for counterterrorism policing since the Cold War.'
Counter-terror policing has had to adapt to the threats posed by national security espionage from Russia and other hostile states, the Scotland Yard commander added.
‘We've disrupted lethal threat plots in the United Kingdom by the Iranian state as well over the last couple of years,' he said.
‘And so we continue to see investigations into a broad range of challenges here. But in this case, clearly, Russia was tasking this group of individuals, largely from Bulgaria, to conduct this activity here.'
Vanya Gaberova, 30, has been found guilty of spying for Russia at the Old Bailey
Decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, (left) and Orlin Roussev, 46, (right) were both accused of being part of the ring. Roussev pled guilty at an earlier date
The Crime Desk: The Mail's new true crime podcast network, available on all major podcast platforms
Beautician Vanya Gaberova, 30, decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, and lab technician Katrin Ivanova, 33, were found guilty of conspiring to spy for Russia after a three-month trial at the Old Bailey.
Their handler, Orlin Roussev, 46, his lieutenant, Biser Dzhambazov, 43, and Ivan Stoyanov, 32, had already pleaded guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets Act.
Their well-financed activities spanned London, Vienna, Valencia, Montenegro and Stuttgart, with the two women intended to be used in a series of 'honeytrap' plots.
At least £200,000 was sent by the group's Moscow-based handler, fugitive businessman Jan Marsalek, to finance the operations, which were planned over 80,000 messages exchanged with Roussev over Telegram.
And an 'Aladdin's Cave' of sophisticated technology including rocks containing hidden cameras, a £120,000 device for intercepting mobile phone numbers, 11 drones, 221 mobile phones and 75 fake passportent-Disposition: form-data; name="captcha_key"
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