Turkey claims Mossad recruits informants via vague job postings on social media
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Turkey’s national intelligence organization MIT releases more details about the arrests of alleged Mossad spies earlier today, saying that the Mossad recruits informants by posting vague job announcements on social media to make initial contact.
Those who respond are then asked to carry out specific, short-term tasks like “information gathering, research, picturing/filming targets, surveillance, placing GPS devices on targeted vehicles, assault, robbery, arson, intimidation and blackmail,” says MIT.
The Mossad also allegedly spreads disinformation by launching websites and online newspapers. Israel relies on Telegram and Whatsapp to maintain contact, says MIT in a release to local press.
The Mossad uses intermediaries to pay using cryptocurrency, who are told that they are delivering illegal gambling payments.
When Israeli agents find especially skilled recruits, according to the press release, it hosts them in luxury hotels, takes them to restaurants and invites them on trips. They also undergo a polygraph test.
According to MIT, Mossad agents bring cash to pay top recruits personally. They carry it in bags with secret compartments to get through x-ray screening and airport dog searches.
When informants meet their handlers, they are given communications systems and trained in classified communications. They are also trained by Israelis on “surveillance, photo documentation, casing, reporting and operational security,” Turkey claims.
They also help with human trafficking and smuggling from Iran and Iraq to Turkey, recuriting hackers, locating safe houses and hiring ambulances for use in operations, says MIT.
Footage from #Turkey’s MIT national intelligence arrests of alleged Mossad informants today pic.twitter.com/JooKsYF8TW
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