Dutch Premier to Testify in Espionage Case Tied to Ex-Counterterrorism Official

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The court in Rotterdam wants to call outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof as a witness in the espionage case involving a former employee of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). Former employee Ab el M. is suspected of having leaked state secrets to Morocco. He had more than 900 documents from the intelligence service AIVD and the military intelligence service MIVD in his home. According to the Public Prosecution Serv…

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The Dutch government's Salafism and jihadism expert is said to have leaked state secrets to Morocco for years in exchange for holidays and "resources".

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The Rotterdam court wants to hear outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof in the criminal case of an employee of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). The employee is suspected of leaking state secrets to Moroccan intelligence services. Schoof was previously head of the NCTV. The current head, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, has also been assigned as a witness in the case.

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The 65-year-old employee of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) who is suspected of leaking state secrets to Moroccan intelligence services has been released. Ab el M. was arrested at Schiphol in October 2023 when he wanted to travel to Morocco. He has been in pre-trial detention since then. The Rotterdam court has now decided "that the suspect's personal interest in release has now come to outweigh the criminal int…