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A report by Safeguard Defenders mentions that Italian police are investigating individuals suspected of long-term stalking, surveillance, and threats against Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher.
On October 30, the US Department of Justice announced that two Chinese men who conducted clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) were each sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty, followed by three years of supervised release. The two had assisted in identifying recruitable US military personnel and, in January 2022, arranged for individuals within the US to drop off approximately $10,000 in cash via a dead drop in a storage locker.
A member of a Chinese government delegation was detained by Swedish police from October 29 to 30 for allegedly photographing Sweden's defense research agency and armed forces headquarters, and was remanded in custody by a court.
On October 23, Milan prosecutors concluded their investigation into 10 individuals suspected of stalking the operator of the Teacher Li account. Among them, 8 are Chinese citizens and 2 are Italian citizens. There are currently no convictions.
According to an exclusive CBS News investigation, 34-year-old California Chinese-American real estate agent Wanying Zhang (Wanying Zhang) was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of conducting espionage for China. The investigation found that Zhang had previously been suspected of surveilling Lai Ching-te's son in Seattle, and that she had indirect ties to Cambodia's Prince Group and a transnational money laundering network. The case is still under further investigation.
According to a report by Representative Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and others, COSCO Shipping has maintained a decades-long espionage partnership with the Chinese Communist Party. The report states that its cargo ships are suspected of using concealed equipment near the U.S. coast to intercept military communications, posing a serious counterintelligence threat to the United States.
On October 16, 2026 Beijing time, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, together with Representatives Rick Crawford and Carlos Giménez, jointly sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin. The letter accused Chinese state-owned enterprise COSCO of using its vessels to conduct espionage near the U.S. coastline, and called on the Department of Homeland Security to take action.
On October 16, while CBS was looking into the case of Zhang Wanying allegedly surveilling Lai Ching-te's son, it found that her companion Miao Fatai's business partner had commercial ties with Chen Xing, a figure linked to the Prince Group; Fei Wenzhi told CBS that the Bugatti Chiron in Zhang Wanying's photos was one he had borrowed from Chen Xing. OCCRP had previously identified Chen Xing as "Conspirator Number Two" in the US indictment against the Prince Group.
According to Radio France Internationale, a Chinese citizen accused of espionage appeared in a Czech court for the first time on October 15, 2026, local time. The defendant denied the charges of engaging in espionage activities during the trial. The case is currently undergoing further proceedings.
On October 14, 2026, the U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP issued a formal statement noting that recent espionage cases across the U.S. highlight the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its brazen transnational repression, reaffirming its commitment to exposing the CCP's schemes to suppress dissidents and infiltrate institutions. On the same day, Bill Essayli, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, warned in an interview with Fox News that CCP espionage activities are "extremely rampant and playing the long game" across the U.S. He cited major cases including the interstate stalking of Lai Ching-te's family, a former mayor acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and the smuggling of $300 million in chips, emphasizing that federal agencies are working to dismantle domestic spy networks.
The U.S. State Department announced a $10 million reward for Zhang Yu, a board member of Shanghai Shiyan Technology Company, accusing him of being hired by the Shanghai State Security Bureau to steal COVID research data from American universities and immunovirologists.
Former German intelligence chief Hanning was arrested on suspicion of treasonous espionage, with investigations showing he had maintained long-term contact with former Chinese military officer Wang Jianzheng and was suspected of passing classified documents.
On October 8, the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Zhang Yu, a member of the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), for his alleged involvement in illegal hacking into COVID-19 research systems at multiple U.S. universities and research institutions. His co-conspirator, Xu Zewei, was arrested earlier this year and extradited to the United States for trial.
Zhang Wanying, a resident of the United States, has been charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese government without registering; she has not yet been convicted.
On October 8, CBS reported that the anonymous companion believed to have been surveilling Lai Ching-te's son in Seattle alongside Zhang Wanying is reportedly California builder Fatai Miao, and prosecutors say he flew to China on a one-way ticket about two weeks ago.