A North Korea expert and former U.N. official detained for months in Switzerland on suspicions of spying for a foreign government has been released from prison, NK News has confirmed.

The Canadian national named Craig Boljkovac is back home in Geneva and no longer in pre-trial detention, a joint investigation with Swiss media company Tamedia has found, after his mysterious disappearance early last year raised alarm among friends about his whereabouts.

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