Helen Warrell
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Helen Warrell
@helenwarrell.bsky.social
FT investigations. Previously defence & security editor, political and home affairs correspondent. Get in touch: [email protected]
The FT conducted extensive interviews with Metreweli and her senior female SIS colleagues for this piece three years ago on the top women spies at MI6. To protect her identity, Metreweli chose the pseudonym 'Ada' for the story (free to read)

www.ft.com/content/7417...
The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
For the first time ever, SIS officers reveal why women often make the best spies for our times
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June 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
April 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Huge congratulations Hannah! Amazing work
March 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Helen Warrell
Marsalek made himself useful, running a Bulgarian spy ring in the UK with enough bumbling adventure for most lifetimes, according to details revealed in the trial that resulted in three convictions today.

Astounding story from Helen Warrell, Martha Muir and Daria Mosolova here:
The Wirecard fugitive, Russian intelligence and a Bulgarian spy ring
A London espionage trial has provided rare insight into the activities of Jan Marsalek, the former payments executive, and how Moscow is outsourcing its spying
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March 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM