Frederico Carvalhão Gil was detained in 2016 in Rome, Italy, while in the company of an SVR spy, Russia's foreign intelligence service. The arrest took place as part of an operation involving Italian authorities.
The individual was charged with espionage and later convicted of selling state secrets to Vladimir Putin's Russia. The case involved the disclosure of confidential information to a foreign power.
The complete story of this double life case is told through the Plus podcast, which narrates the details of the operation that led to the identification and arrest of the Portuguese citizen.
Carvalhão Gil's case represents one of the most recent espionage episodes detected in Europe, involving alleged links between a Portuguese citizen and Russian intelligence services.
