"A former top CIA agent has claimed Belfast and Dublin are world
centres of industrial espionage where top corporations can buy secret
information on their rivals.
Bob Baer, whose life inspired the spy movie Syriana starring
George Clooney, said Ireland was "just like Berlin during the Cold
War".
In an interview for RTE radio documentary Highway 101, Baer
says Dublin is now the place where firms go if they need solutions to
problems with the Russian Mafia.
"When I was in the CIA, Ireland was never a target, but, since
then, I know that it has become a centre for commercial spying, which
is very interesting," said Baer
"There is also a lot of data available in Northern Ireland. I don't know why that is, but I know it is going on.
"If I want to know about you, if I want cellphone records for
example, I get your landline and do a data search to get your cell
number in Ireland very easily. If I want to know everyone you have
talked to in the last six months, there is a service in Dublin where I
can buy that information. "
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