The espionage technique of the honey trap is as old as the biblical story of Sansom and Delilah. It was the Greek philosopher Aristotle who said that there is “no better means of introduction than a pretty face” and he was right. But the problem for intelligence officers has always …
24 May: Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom party has been forced to resign following the revelation that he proposed illegal deals in return for backing from a supposed Russian oligarch. In July 2017, Strache and his parliamentary group leader, Johann Gudenus, were invited to a villa …
Xi Shi (506 BCE – ?) The woman who was possibly the first honey trap in history (unless we accept the story of Samson and Delilah as historically based), but she was also so much more. Xi Shi was a Chinese courtesan and one of the legendary “Four Beauties” who …
Paul Erikson, 56, ex-boyfriend of the suspected Russian spy Maria Butina, 29, was indicted in South Dakota on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering on 5 February. He pleaded not guilty to 11 charges and was released under investigation. Butina was charged on 16 July 2018 with being …