Romeo07

The real face of Marcus Wolf (died Nov 9th, 2006)

The British Intelligence service has an issue with sex: it seems the 'honey trap' is one of the most reliable and easily leveraged spy tactics it's possible to use (and Brits, perhaps not expecting amorous attention from foreigners - sob sob - frequently fall victim to it). Of particular interest here is the story of Marcus Wolf (5 well known honey-trap stories are outlined in brief). Wolf worked for the Stasi in East German in the early 50's. He clocked that by sending handsome spies (he called them the Romeo spies) over to West German to seduce the (countless) single women there he could get hold of information fairly straightforwardly. He later documented it in a book, Man Without A Face.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/03/12/the_history_of_the_honey_trap?page=full