An article in the New York Times[/B] puts the spyware case in a new dimension, that the Greek government has given the company Intellexa permission to export the Predator software, in at least one case.
In an extensive article, under the headline "How the global spyware industry spiraled out of control", signed by three journalists, the New York Times claims that the Greek government admitted, after being asked, that it gave Intellexa permission to sell Predator to Madagascar.
"After questions from the New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave Intellexa licenses to sell the Predator in at least one country with a history of repression, Madagascar. The Times also obtained a business proposal that Intellexa made to sell its products to Ukraine, which rejected the sales proposal," the paper noted.
Furthermore, the U.S. media at the point in its report on the Greek wiretapping case stresses: "Alexander Papaioannou, a spokesman for the Greek Foreign Ministry, confirmed that a department of the ministry issued two export licenses to Intellexa on November 15, 2021. In a hint of the pressure the country is under, Papaioannou said that the ministry's inspector general has launched an internal investigation following local press reports about the company."
Source: ethnos.gr / NYT
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