Alibaba accused of ‘possible espionage’ by Belgium’s security service, FT says

Belgium’s intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe for espionage, Laura Dubois and Qianer Liu of The Financial Times reports. European governments have been increasing scrutiny of the alleged security and economic risks posed by Chinese companies. For Alibaba’s logistic arm at the cargo airport in Liege, Belgium’s security services said they are working to detect “possible espionage and/or interference activities,” according to the Times. One area of scrutiny is the introduction of software systems that collate sensitive economic information.