(AFP) The head of a Swiss private intelligence company is being investigated for spying on European business, political and media figures and at the behest of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), sources close to the case told AFP Monday.
Three separate probes, in France and in Switzerland, are targeting Mario Brero, head of Geneva-based ALP Services.
The company is suspected of having delivered the names of around 1,000 Europeans and 400 organisations to a Gulf client, notably because they were presumed to have links with the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, which the UAE considers an extremist organisation.
Mediapart, a French investigative media [outlet], last year published reports accusing Brero and his agency of working for Emirati intelligence services.
