In March 2025, an Old Bailey jury convicted six Bulgarians of running a Russian surveillance ring out of a Norfolk guesthouse on instructions relayed through an encrypted channel that traced back to a fugitive Austrian executive in Moscow.

In March 2025, an Old Bailey jury convicted six Bulgarians of running one of the largest foreign intelligence operations ever prosecuted in Britain — a surveillance ring operating from a Norfolk guesthouse, taking instructions from a fugitive Austrian executive believed to be hiding in Moscow. The post In March 2025, an Old Bailey jury convicted six Bulgarians of running a Russian surveillance ring out of a Norfolk guesthouse on instructions relayed through an encrypted channel that traced back