Security sources reported on Thursday that the Turkish intelligence agency successfully apprehended two individuals involved in working for the Israeli intelligence agency 'Mossad', identified as 'Mehmet Budak Derya' and 'Veysel Kerim Oğlu'. The arrests took place in Istanbul after a period of meticulous surveillance that proved their involvement in transferring sensitive information to the Israeli occupation.
Details indicate that 'Derya', a mining engineer and owner of a company established in 2005, began his contact with Mossad in 2012 through an official who used the alias 'Ali Ahmed Yassin'. Cooperation developed in 2013 during meetings in European countries with Israeli intelligence officers using pseudonyms, where he was tasked with recruiting 'Veysel Kerim Oğlu', a Palestinian by origin with Turkish citizenship, to be a partner in intelligence operations with a salary paid by Israel.
According to the sources, the two suspects exploited their commercial activities in the Middle East to gather information about Palestinians opposing Israeli policies and transfer it to Mossad. Derya was also involved in sending photos of warehouses in the Gaza Strip and attempting to enter the drone parts trade in 2016 under Mossad's direction, where they tried to lure Tunisian engineer Mohamed Zouari before his assassination in Tunisia in the same year.
The investigations revealed that Mossad placed utmost importance on the secrecy of the two agents, providing Derya with an encrypted communication system and subjecting him to lie detector tests in Asian and European countries in 2016 and 2024. He was also tasked with purchasing technical equipment and SIM cards from Turkey and sending their technical data for use in cyber and intelligence operations.
The sources uncovered a dangerous plot that was arranged last January, aiming to establish a shell company under Derya's management to infiltrate international commercial supply chains. The plan involved managing complex shipping operations through three companies in Asian countries to secure, store, and export products to end-users specified by Mossad. However, the vigilance of Turkish intelligence and the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office led to the thwarting of the plot and the arrest of those involved before its execution.
The goal was to infiltrate international commercial supply chains, and Mossad coordinated the shipment of products secured from countries it specified to end-users.
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Turkish Intelligence Dismantles Mossad Spy Network, Uncovers Plot to Infiltrate International Supply Chains