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He got arrested. He was questioned. He was released.
He got arrested. He was questioned. He was released.
Dillion's partner or wife, I believe, is a specialist in creating complex corporate structures. That's the thing that she does.
Dillion's partner or wife, I believe, is a specialist in creating complex corporate structures. That's the thing that she does.
Well, he wrote like an angry op-ed, which was published in a newspaper where he basically said that the government was, you know, creating an unfriendly climate for business and that he was going to take his business elsewhere. And, you know, at least in terms of... premises, he did do that. He did take his office elsewhere. He took it to Athens.
Well, he wrote like an angry op-ed, which was published in a newspaper where he basically said that the government was, you know, creating an unfriendly climate for business and that he was going to take his business elsewhere. And, you know, at least in terms of... premises, he did do that. He did take his office elsewhere. He took it to Athens.
Ultimately, of course, the whole thing was maybe a bit of a storm in a teacup. After a year, he was pretty much exonerated. The police who had carried out the raids were, I think... I mean, it was decided that basically they'd exceeded their powers in such and such a way or whatever.
Ultimately, of course, the whole thing was maybe a bit of a storm in a teacup. After a year, he was pretty much exonerated. The police who had carried out the raids were, I think... I mean, it was decided that basically they'd exceeded their powers in such and such a way or whatever.
The whole thing was kind of smoothed over and I think eventually could have gone back to business as normal, except by that time he'd already decided that he wanted to set up a new office in Greece.
The whole thing was kind of smoothed over and I think eventually could have gone back to business as normal, except by that time he'd already decided that he wanted to set up a new office in Greece.
You know, this plane that we linked to Tal Dillion flying into Khartoum and delivering some surveillance tech that wasn't for the regular army, it was for Hometi. And there was a bust up, there was like a flare up between the two sides. And the rapid support forces guys spirited this stuff away, took it out of Khartoum, took it off to Darfur. This was in like May last year.
You know, this plane that we linked to Tal Dillion flying into Khartoum and delivering some surveillance tech that wasn't for the regular army, it was for Hometi. And there was a bust up, there was like a flare up between the two sides. And the rapid support forces guys spirited this stuff away, took it out of Khartoum, took it off to Darfur. This was in like May last year.
So when we wrote the piece, There were analysts who we spoke to, you know, spoke about the kind of potentially lethal implications of someone like Hameti having access to, you know, top of the range phone hacking technology.
So when we wrote the piece, There were analysts who we spoke to, you know, spoke about the kind of potentially lethal implications of someone like Hameti having access to, you know, top of the range phone hacking technology.
So, I mean, yeah, to circle back to your question, Sudan's rapid support forces is extremely high on the list of people who it's hard to find a legitimate reason for selling phone hacking equipment to, I believe.
So, I mean, yeah, to circle back to your question, Sudan's rapid support forces is extremely high on the list of people who it's hard to find a legitimate reason for selling phone hacking equipment to, I believe.
So he heads to Greece, and Greece has a new government at this point. And the new government comes in in 2019. Now, I racked my brain trying to understand, why Greece?
So he heads to Greece, and Greece has a new government at this point. And the new government comes in in 2019. Now, I racked my brain trying to understand, why Greece?
A nice warning, right? And one person who read that report is a journalist called Thanasis Koukakis. And he read the report and it made him a bit suspicious because one of the people who was mentioned in passing was a man called Felix Bitsios. And Felix Bitsios was someone who Koukakis, the journalist, had been investigating a couple of years before.
A nice warning, right? And one person who read that report is a journalist called Thanasis Koukakis. And he read the report and it made him a bit suspicious because one of the people who was mentioned in passing was a man called Felix Bitsios. And Felix Bitsios was someone who Koukakis, the journalist, had been investigating a couple of years before.