'Disposable Spies': Poland Records Unprecedented Number of Russian Espionage Cases

'Disposable spies': Poland records unprecedented number of Russian espionage cases

Warsaw has recorded an unprecedented number of hybrid attacks on its territory since 2024, Poland’s internal security service (ABW) said in a report published this week. Amateur spies once used by Russian intelligence services have laid the groundwork for more complex operations, according to a researcher following the emergence of these “single-use agents”.

‘Disposable spies’: Poland records unprecedented number of Russian espionage cases

Last year and the year before saw a rise in espionage activity in Poland, “primarily on the part of Russian and closely allied Belarusian special services as well as China”, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) said in a report published on May 6.  As a result, Poland conducted as many counter-intelligence investigations in 2024 and 2025 as it had in the previous three decades.   European law enforcement and intelligence officials began noticing t…