London CNN —Intelligence officers in Belgium are monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe for possible espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.
Belgium’s state security service VSSE told CNN Thursday it was watching the activities of Alibaba’s (BABA) logistics arm, Cainiao, at the country’s Liège cargo airport.
“We strongly deny the allegations [which are] based on prior conjecture,” Cainiao told CNN in a statement.
Liège airport announced in 2018 that it had struck a deal with Cainiao to become its European logistics hub.
Last month, Alibaba announced a plan to spin off and list Cainiao on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Persons:
VSSE, “, ” Cainiao, Cainiao, Eric Lalmand, Alibaba, — Juliana Liu
Organizations:
London CNN — Intelligence, CNN, Financial Times, Cainiao, Getty, European Union, Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Locations:
Belgium, Europe, Liège, AFP, Belgian, Berlin, Hamburg