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This is the “Stephen” who recruited the Greek colonel to spy for China

The 54-year-old civil aviation officer who has already been taken into custody and confessed to the act had travelled in 2024 to Beijing - See photos with the recruiter and his superior, the officer's handler

Newsroom February 12 05:04

Photos of the 54-year-old civil aviation officer, who has already been released from prison after confessing and pleading guilty to espionage charges, protothema brings to the public. The photos are from the officer’s trip to Beijing in September 2024, and he is pictured with the man who recruited him to provide sensitive information to Chinese authorities, who has been named as “Stephen Wayne”. In another photo, he is shown as a smiling tourist at the Great Wall with both Stephen and his superior, who has been named as “William.

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