Also in Austria, The new government did an early hours raid on the security HQ and residences of all main executives...hauled off truckloads of files, computers etc.
Could you direct me to some info about this?
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Sample here:
National Security
Austria’s far-right ordered a raid on its own intelligence service. Now allies are freezing the country out.
Herbert Kickl, Austria’s interior minister, speaks at a news conference in July. (Daniel Kopatsch/Epa-Efe/Shutterstock) By Souad Mekhennet and Griff Witte August 17
VIENNA — The raids came without warning, surprising even the intelligence operatives whose job is to never be caught off guard.
On the morning of Feb. 28, police stormed offices of Austria’s main domestic intelligence agency and carted off some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets in open crates and plastic bags. Top spy service officials working from home that day were greeted by officers threatening to break down their doors.
The extraordinary decision to target the agency responsible for defending the country from a multitude of threats, including right-wing extremism, had been made by the service’s new bosses: members of the far-right Freedom Party.
The reason? Defending the totalitarian North Korean regime from an Austrian espionage operation, among others cited in the search warrant. Critics saw absurd pretext for a politically motivated stab at an independent institution that could threaten the party’s agenda