Brazil Uncovers Russian Spy Network Built on Forged Documents

Brazil dismantles Russian 'spy factory' in major counterintelligence operation, NYT reports

Brazilian federal agents have exposed a sophisticated Russian intelligence operation that used the South American country as an "assembly line for deep-cover operatives."

Russian Spy Agency Might Have Planted Brazilian Birth Records 30 Years Ago

The Russian agents held what appeared to be legitimate Brazilian birth certificates, not counterfeits, not recently inserted, but real entries in decades-old civil registries.

Brazil uncovers Russian spy network built on forged documents

Russia quietly turned Brazil into a staging ground for deep-cover operatives, according to a New York Times investigation. Over the past decade, Russian agents posing as Brazilian citizens used real birth certificates to build false identities, start businesses and blend into society, preparing for missions abroad. Known as “illegals,” the agents lived undercover in Brazil for years before moving to Europe, the U.S. or the Middle East. Brazil’s …

Russian 'spy factory' in Brazil exposed: what we know

Brazilian counterintelligence agents unmasked at least nine operatives living in the country for years under false identities.

How Vladimir Putin turned Brazil into a spy factory

Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has...

Russia sent novice spies to Brazil. Then Brazil exposed them

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jane Bradley of The New York Times about her investigation with Michael Schwirtz into Brazil's unmasking of Russian spies in their midst.