Alleged spy worked for Canadian government agencies before NATO internship, CBC finds | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 29, 2026 - 21:55

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Alleged spy worked for Canadian government agencies before NATO internship, CBC finds

July 29, 2026

A CBC News investigation has identified the Canadian woman arrested last week in Belgium on espionage charges as Biwei Zhang, a systems engineer who has previously worked for the Canadian Space Agency and Statistics Canada. Identifying information from Zhang's social media profiles, graduate thesis and a federal court case matched Belgian authorities' description of the NATO intern apprehended on Friday.



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