An investigative report by Slovenian magazine Mladina has alleged that Israeli intelligence operatives are working with former Prime Minister Janez Janša to undermine political rivals through surveillance and secret recordings, raising profound questions about foreign interference in European Union member state democracies.
The investigation, published Sunday, claims that operatives from what the report describes as a "private Mossad"—former Israeli intelligence officers working in the private sector—have been conducting surveillance operations in Slovenia on behalf of Janša's political network, according to Mladina.
The allegations, which have not been independently verified, describe a pattern of operations similar to those allegedly employed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consolidate power and target opposition figures, civil society organizations, and independent media.
Janša, who served as Slovenia's prime minister from 2020 to 2022, is a close ally of Orbán and has modeled aspects of his political strategy on the Hungarian leader's approach. Both leaders belong to the European People's Party, though Orbán's Fidesz party has been suspended from the grouping over rule-of-law concerns.
The Mladina investigation alleges that Israeli operatives used sophisticated surveillance techniques to gather compromising information on 's political opponents, including secret audio and video recordings of private conversations. The report claims this material was then used to pressure, blackmail, or publicly discredit targets.





