Alleged spies accused of planning to wiretap phone calls
Egypt’s State announced Monday it had seized a group working for Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, and planning to wiretap telephone conversations of high ranking Egyptian officials.
The group includes an Egyptian, Tarek Abdel Razzak, 37, and two Mossad officers, "Diddy Moshe" and "Joseph Dimore" who are currently fugitives.
The Egyptian is accused of supplying the two Israelis, from May 2007 to May 2010, information on the Egyptians, Syrians and Lebanese working in the field of telecommunications, and have selected those likely to cooperate with Mossad, the Israeli secret service.
Abdel Razek allegedly was on contact with a spy working for Israel in Syria and he was also recruiting spies from Syria and Lebanon, according to Emergency State Security High Court.
He also allegedly received a call in 2007 from Israeli officer Dimore and both agreed to meet in India and discussed ways of working together.
He faces charges of "Engaging in hostile action against neighbor countries and endangering the diplomatic and political relations of Egypt with these countries".
Egypt’s telecom company Mobinil denied Egyptian media reports that some of its employees were involved in the espionage case.