Crime

Fake Millions, Hidden Cameras and ‘Pineapples’: The Spy at the Heart of the Besigye Treason Trial

A courtroom in Kampala got a crash course in covert tradecraft this week. A prosecution witness in the treason trial of veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye admitted he posed as a wealthy foreign financier, dangled $5 million and promised hand grenades to gain access to Besigye’s inner circle. None of the money or weapons were real. The secret recordings, however, were.