Ecuador spent â¹34 crore on spying for Julian Assange: Report
Ecuador spent nearly â¹34 crore on a surveillance operation to "protect" WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in its central London embassy, according to the Guardian. 'Operation Hotel' involved monitoring the UK police, embassy staff and people visiting Assange. Assange sought asylum in Ecuador's UK embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was accused of multiple sexual assaults.