ArmA dev confirms: staff arrested, accused of spying by Greek authorities

Two staff members from ArmA developer Bohemia Interactive have been arrested on charges of espionage by Greek authorities, the studio has confirmed.
The two Czech developers, aged 28 and 33, were detained as they photographed a military installation on the island of Lemnos.
A third installment of ArmA, the tactical military shooter series which spawned hit zombie spin-off DayZ, has already been confirmed as featuring the Greek island.
The pair were found to have videotaped and photographed military camps, Greek newspaper News237 reported.
Their explanation was that the material would be used to aid the development of Arma 3.
Bohemia Interactive boss Marek Spanel confirmed the news on the company's official forum.
"This is true," Spanel said. "We prefer this topic not to be discussed on our forums at the moment, at least until we know more specific details about the case."
The case sparks memories of the plight of 14 plane-spotters, who were arrested by Greek police in November 2001. The group had been photographing aircraft following a display by the Greek Air Force.
Charged with spying, they were threatened with the 20-year maximum prison sentence. The group were held for six weeks before their release on £9000 bail, although legal rumblings of prison sentences persisted until a final appeal a year later.
Eurogamer has contacted Bohemia Interactive for more information, we'll update if we hear back.

Dizzam. Why don't they just ask these governments for permission instead of hoping to fall back on the "oh it's for a video game" excuse.

Because the government isn't going to let you just mosey on in and take pictures for a "video game". Especially militaries from other countries. It isn't like here where we want our youth to gobble down the CODs and BFs to entice them to enlist.

Well then they're stupid. You sneaking around with a damn camera, wtf do you think they'll think? Military technology is sensitive stuff. I know these are your beloved developers responsible for the game that DayZ spawned from, but they !!ed up and should have taken the necessary steps instead of trying to beat the system.