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Espionage in Switzerland? To believe that it doesn't exist would be naive. The country is a true paradise for spies. Not only Russia is active here in intelligence operations, but also the USA, Israel, Turkey, and Germany.

Thomas Knellwolf has repeatedly uncovered espionage cases throughout his career. Now he has compiled the most fascinating ones – updated and expanded – in this book for us. For example, there are the Turkish intelligence agents who planned to abduct a businessman from Zurich, or the Russian IT specialists who hacked into the servers of the World Anti-Doping Agency and the computers of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Lausanne. And then there is the supposed family from China that showed interest in the new Swiss air fleet in Meiringen and then suddenly disappeared.

We also learn how the Middle East conflict is played out in Switzerland – and why hardly any foreign agent ends up in court here, even when murder is involved. It's an exciting read that shows that the topic of espionage is still highly relevant.

"Switzerland, with its many international organizations and its strong economic and research location, is one of the places in the world where other states spy the most." Thomas Knellwolf.