Belgium has drawn a thin red line against illicit surveillance in the EU capital, in a trial that exposed the “creepy” modus operandi of a British private-eye firm.
It was a rainy Saturday shortly after 4PM on 5 August 2017 in Place du Châtelain in Brussels, a trendy area popular with expats, when Bota Jardemalie, a now 48-year-old Kazakh lawyer and refu...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.