Sexual Espionage

You'd be amazed to learn how frequently and successfully it is still done in the real world, despite your belief that using sex to get state secrets only occurs in fiction. It operates as you would imagine and is maybe one of the oldest techniques for spying. By using the age-old tactic of wooing them, an operator can approach a high-ranking official and get anything they require. Although numerous leaked and declassified reports show that it still functions despite it being so evident that it shouldn't, it does.

One particularly well-known instance of the "honey trap," as the method is known, was Mata Hari, a German spy who was found guilty of wooing French officers and passing their secrets to Germany during World War One, even though some historians have questioned her guilt. Then there is the story of Marita Lorenz, who the CIA allegedly hired to murder Fidel Castro after allegedly having a romance with him. But just as the CIA was about to launch yet another attempt against the Cuban prime, she suddenly changed her mind. These instances are hardly unique either, as some of the most effective intelligence services of the period, including the KGB and Mossad, often utilized sex for espionage.