Military prosecutors in Rome on
Thursday requested that Walter Biot, an Italian Navy officer
accused of selling classified documents to a Russian embassy
official in March 2021 in exchange for money, be handed a life
term in jail.
The prosecutors presented images allegedly showing Biot using
his cell phone to take photos of a series of documents and a
computer screen.
"Some of the 19 documents photographed by Biot were highly
reserved NATO secret ones and one was top secret," a prosecutor
said.
"Biot traded secret documents and showed a high degree of
infidelity and capacity for crime".
The prosecutor alleged that Biot may have sold classified
documents on other occasions too.
Italy expelled two Russian embassy officials in 2021 in relation
to the case.
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