Commentary
Are Australian businesspeople being targeted by operatives of the CCP to provide sensitive information and data to the Chinese regime?
The question arises following the arrest of a Sydney businessman, Alexander Csergo, following a joint Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce (CFIT) investigation. He was charged with selling Australian defence and security secrets to foreign spies.
Csergo is the second person charged by the task force since national security laws were passed in 2018.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) alleged that an individual claiming to be from a think tank contacted Csergo via the LinkedIn social media platform while he was overseas and arranged for him to meet with two representatives….