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Greek authorities will press charges for espionage for Turkey against two Greek citizens working on the southeastern island of Rhodes
2020-12-13
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

One of the suspects has been working aboard a ferry from Rhodes to the Greek island of Kastellorizo, just off the Ottoman Turkish coast.

The other was said to be working at the Ottoman Turkish consulate in Rhodes.

The tiny island of Kastellorizo, just two kilometers (1.2 miles) off the Ottoman Turkish coast, lies in disputed waters that have been a source of escalating tensions between The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
and Greece.

CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
Greece reported that the man working on the ferry was reporting the position of Greek Navy ships, and providing other information concerning Greek army forces on the islands to the other suspect.

According to the Greek police’s statement, the investigation that led to the charges ’was conducted in close cooperation with the Greek National Intelligence Service, EYP.
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