The woman who has accused the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court of sexual abuse has been targeted by private intelligence firms in a covert operation carried out on behalf of Qatar, a British daily reported on Thursday.

The Guardian revealed that the firms obtained private information about the woman, including her passport details, flight information and the birth certificate of her child, in an effort to undermine her credibility and the abuse claims she made against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan .

The private operation, which was reportedly led by the London-based Highgate firm, also unsuccessfully sought to establish connections between the woman and Israel.

The Guardian report found that the operation was commissioned by a high-level government office in Qatar.

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