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Spain awards public tender to Huawei to intercept telecommunications devices

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Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has awarded a €12.3 million public contract to Huawei to service Spain’s authorities and intelligence agency with wiretaps and telecommunications interception. The contract was awarded following a public tender. The Spanish public entity for interceptions is the Sistema Integrado de Interceptación Legal de las Telecomunicaciones (SIILT).

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sought stronger relations with China while downplaying the EU’s current concerns over China’s hostile practices, including its support for Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. China has also been involved in undersea-cable sabotage in Europe and used the same practice against Taiwan.

Huawei also paid Acento, a Spanish-based lobby group, up to €200,000 to lobby the Spanish government and the EU not to put trading and procurement restrictions on the company. Among the Spanish politicians employed by Acento are Elena Valenciano, Clara Aguilera and Valeriano Gómez from the PSOE, and José María Lassalle from the PP.

Maltese Labour Party MEP Daniel Attard is currently under investigation by the Belgian authorities for after accepting a VIP ticket to a football match by Huawei’s representatives.

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    Sergio

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