Belgium summons UAE ambassador over ‘Muslim Brotherhood smear campaign’ Emirati intelligence paid millions to Swiss company to create files on over 1,000 people in Europe, according to data leak

July 9, 2023   

(Middle East Eye) Belgium summoned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador in Brussels on Friday, following reports of the Gulf state’s alleged involvement in a smear campaign that sought to link at least 1,000 individuals in Europe to the Muslim Brotherhood.

The European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) said in a report on Friday that the UAE targeted individuals across Europe as part of its anti-Qatar smear campaign during the Gulf crisis.

Between 2017 and 2020, Alp Services, a Swiss private intelligence company, created files on people from 18 European countries and 400 organisations on behalf of Emirati intelligence services, it said.

The report was based on 78,000 confidential documents obtained by French online newspaper Mediapart and shared with EIC.

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