Tarmo Kouts, a leading expert in oceanography, worked at Tallinn Technical University. Photo: Facebook
Tarmo Kouts, a leading expert in oceanography, worked at Tallinn Technical University. Photo: Facebook
Espionage

Estonian ocean scientist gets three-year jail sentence for spying for China

  • Maritime scientist Tarmo Kouts, 57, was sentenced earlier this month in the country’s first intelligence case not linked to Russia
  • A security official said Kouts had been recruited by Chinese intelligence operating under the cover of a think tank in 2018

Tarmo Kouts, a leading expert in oceanography, worked at Tallinn Technical University. Photo: Facebook
Tarmo Kouts, a leading expert in oceanography, worked at Tallinn Technical University. Photo: Facebook
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