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US thinktank leader arrested on charges of acting as unregistered agent of China
Gal Luft, a US-Israeli citizen, was previously arrested last February in Cyprus but fled while released on bail
The leader of a US thinktank who was indicted last year on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of China has been arrested and will be extradited in the coming weeks or months, prosecutors said on Monday.
In July 2023, federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused Gal Luft of paying a former high-ranking US government official on behalf of principals based in China in 2016, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil.
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