It seems to me that since squads like the AKs have been moving around, and often splitting up, I hear less about "spying" than we did before all the changes.
Hopefully, it is because a squad like the AKs and some others who might be in 2 or more different countries at the same time, would then be in a position to see if some jerk were passing info about an opposing country.
I bet the AKs would jump anyone who they caught spying. So would several other squads I can think of.
They are and always have been a class group.
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