Italian authorities arrest two men in Rome and place other suspects under house arrest in a widening counterespionage probe that involves as many as seven people.Investigators identify a 59-year-old former member of Italian intelligence and an ex-non-commissioned officer of the Carabinieri as the principal suspect accused of passing classified state security information for payments to a presumed Russian intelligence officer with diplomatic immunity in Italy.Prosecutors and the
Carabinieri’s special operations unit conduct surveillance, interceptions and computer searches while charging suspects with political and military espionage, disclosure of state secrets and unauthorized access to computer systems as they verify the extent of the breach.