Two Bohemia Interactive employees arested in Lemnos

[Sir T]

Not sure where else to put this.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?139922-Developers-Arrested-On-Limnos

    We can confirm that two Bohemia Interactive employees, our colleagues and friends, were arrested during their holiday trip to Lemnos. They visited the island with the sole purpose of experiencing the island's beautiful surroundings.

    Since its establishment in 1999, Bohemia Interactive has created games based only upon publicly available information. We always respect the law and we've never instructed anybody to violate the laws of any country. The same is true for Arma 3.

    Currently, all our effort goes towards supporting the guys over there, as well as their friends and families affected by this difficult situation. We sincerely hope that this is an unfortunate misunderstanding of their passion as artists and creators of virtual worlds.

    On behalf of the Bohemia Interactive team,

    Last edited by Maruk; Sep 11 2012 at 22:00.

I don't know any more about what happened, but it seems to be some kind of copyright violation thing.

[Xuri]

That's what happens when you take photos of active military installations in a foreign country without permission, I guess.

Edit:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-11-arma-dev-confirms-staff-arrested-accused-of-spying-by-greek-authorities
http://kotaku.com/5942167/game-developers-arrested-for-spying

[penfold]

The Greeks also arrested a group of holidaying planespotters from the UK a few years ago.  It's not obvious this is an issue, for example the USAF base at RAF Lakenheath has an openingly signposted carpark and spotting platform by the perimeter at the end of the runway for enthusiasts.

[Sir T]

Fort Levenworth is not at risk of being attacked in a war of invasion any time soon, so it's layout public would not be any kind of concern.