World News 25-10-2000 Seven Brit `Spies` Held In Cuba who: Six British men and one woman what: Held on espionage charges where: Cuba when: This month snippet: "The Cuban authorities say seven Britons were arrested earlier this month for carrying out surveillance techniques, including bugging," reports the BBC today. The six men (only one of whom, Jonathan Fawcett, has been identified) and one woman have been in custody for 17 days without access to British diplomats. "They were investigating allegations of infidelity, said British Embassy officials," reports The Independent. "It is believed their methods may have been in breach of Cuban law." "It was rumoured they had been arrested on suspicion of some form of industrial espionage involving the oil or gas industry," says The Guardian. But it now appears that "the five men were private eyes hired to tail a millionaire businessman suspected of cheating on his wife." [... more]

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