Possible listening equipment found in Polish government meeting room

NOS News•today, 11:05•Amended today, 11:11

Eavesdropping equipment may have been found in a meeting room for ministers in the Polish city of Katowice. Intelligence services are investigating the sensitive issue and have not yet said anything about any possible suspects. An important meeting was planned in the room today.

President of the European Commission Von der Leyen is in Katowice. A future plan for the EU is expected as part of the sixteenth European Economic Congress. Polish Prime Minister Tusk has a meeting with Von der Leyen and the members of his Council of Ministers.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers is scheduled for 12 noon, Polish media write. The discovery was made in this meeting room. The security services “have found and disabled equipment that could be used to eavesdrop,” it was announced this morning.

Central and Eastern Europe correspondent Christiaan Paauwe:

“It is not yet clear whether this was really an eavesdropping attempt and who would be behind it. The Wyborcza newspaper says that it may be an old sound system that was still in the room, and not a specially installed eavesdropping device.

However, the response of authorities shows that Poland is on high alert when it comes to possible espionage. Domestic intelligence recently warned that the country is a prime target for Russia because Poland functions as a hub for military support to Ukraine.

In the past year, people were arrested several times for allegedly spying for Russian intelligence services. For example, a network was dismantled that would have installed cameras around the airport in Rzescow – the main airport close to the border with Ukraine – and along railways. This group is also said to have plans to derail trains carrying military equipment bound for Ukraine.”

The article is in Dutch

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