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Denmark’s Sabotage Job Trap

A Danish intelligence warning puts ordinary online job offers under scrutiny, with people displaced by Russia’sinvasion facing a particular risk of exploitation.

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Nov 6∙ Paid

Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service, known as PET, is warning Ukrainians that paid tasks advertised through social media may conceal preparations for Russian sabotage.

The warning, issued on October 29, forms part of an information effort involving the Ukrainian Embassy and Danish immigration authorities. It describes how people can be drawn into intelligence gathering without knowing who ultimately benefits.

Emil Græsholm, head of counterespionage at PET, says the service has information about concrete Russian sabotage planning in Denmark.

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