ANKARA (MEMO) – Istanbul’s Public Prosecutor has indicted 16 people suspected of spying for Zionist spy agency Mossad, Turkish Daily Sabah reported.
According to Arab48, the Turkish news website reported that 15 suspects are currently in prison. The 16th suspect runs the network while living in Germany.
According to the indictment, the Mossad spying network consists of five lone cells. Each could receive a 20-year prison sentence should the court accept the Public Prosecutor’s claims.
According to the Turkish daily, the second important person in the network is Abdul Kader Barakat, accused of passing money to the other suspects.
Other suspects were named, including Abdul Rahman Nawa, who wore glasses fitted with a camera to take pictures of certain known people.
Another suspect collected information on Turkish charities with connections to Palestinian NGOs.
Raed Ashour, according to the Public Prosecutor, has worked as a spy for Mossad between 1997 and the time he was detained.
In October, the newspaper reported that members of a spy network working with Mossad had been detained.
The Zionist regime and Turkey have not yet issued official statements on the issue.