An employee of the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) and a police employee who previously worked there were arrested last Thursday on suspicion of possessing and publishing state secret information. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) in the Netherlands reported this on Wednesday.
One of the two suspects is a 64-year-old man from Rotterdam, who works at the NCTV and also carries out work for the national police unit. The second suspect is a 35-year-old female former NCTV employee from Gouda, who recently joined the police. The two were brought before the examining magistrate on Tuesday (comparable to the investigating judge in Belgium), who decided that they could be detained for at least another fourteen days.
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According to police sources, the man is an interpreter with a Moroccan background. In addition to being an Arabic translator, the man is also a strategic scout and senior analyst and advisor at the national unit and NCTV. According to the sources, there had been suspicions for some time that he had passed on information to the Moroccan government.
The suspects are under restrictions, which means they are only allowed to have contact with their lawyers. According to the national public prosecutor’s office, searches have taken place in various places. “The investigation by the National Criminal Investigation Department, led by the National Public Prosecution Service, is in full swing.” According to the Public Prosecution Service, no additional information can be provided at this time in the interest of the investigation.
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