Friday, August 21, 2009

Business Espionage - "Has anyone told the Pope?"

A campaign group calling for Switzerland to give up its army has accused the weapons industry of planting a spy within its organisation. The Group for Switzerland without an Army says the Farner communications firm, acting on behalf of the armaments industry, sent a spy to observe them in the lead up to a vote on weapons exports. The group is demanding to know who exactly the sensitive information was passed on to and are threatening to sue both the spy and the communications company. (more)