"We're seeing an increasing number of who we would describe as proxies' being recruited by foreign intelligence services, and these arrests are directly related to our ongoing efforts to disrupt this type of activity, said Commander Dominic Murphy, head of counterterrorism policing in London."
"In the last year, we and the police have disrupted a steady stream of surveillance plots with hostile intent aimed at individuals [whom] Russian leaders perceive as their enemies, he said."
Three men aged 44, 45 and 48 were arrested in west and central London under the 2023 National Security Act on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service identified as Russia. Their addresses and another location are being searched, with counterterrorism police leading the investigation. British authorities allege an increasingly bold Russian campaign of espionage, sabotage and cyber-interference against the UK. Counterterrorism commanders say proxies are being recruited by foreign intelligence services and that arrests aim to disrupt such activity. Six men were sentenced for an arson attack linked to the Wagner group; the Kremlin denied accusations.
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