Owner of Dutch-based defense business arrested in Paris per US request after supplying sensitive technology to Russia

The owner of a defense company in Rijen, Noord-Brabant, was arrested in Paris on suspicion of spying for the Russians, the United States Department of Justice announced. The man allegedly passed on sensitive American technology to Russia. The 59-year-old Nikolaos B., of Greek origin, was arrested on May 9 and is awaiting extradition to the United States. He owns the Aratos Group, a group of companies with branches in the Netherlands and Greece that develops satellite technology, the American justice wrote in a statement.