US Think Tank Director to Be Extradited, Charged With Acting as Chinese Agent

The defendant allegedly tried to facilitate weapons sales from Chinese companies to Libya, Kenya, and the United Arab Emirates.

The Department of Justice in Washington on July 29, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The head of a U.S. think tank who was indicted last year for acting as a Chinese agent has been re-arrested after fleeing while on bail, according to prosecutors.

Gal Luft, a dual U.S.–Israeli citizen and co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, will be extradited in the coming weeks or months, prosecutors said in a court filing on Sept. 9, without saying when or where he was re-arrested.