Austrian Justice Minister Alma Zadić wants to tighten up the country’s criminal law in response to an alleged espionage scandal involving Russia. Currently, only agent activities that are to the detriment of Austria are punishable, but in future all agent activities should be prohibited, regardless of who they are directed against, she told the ORF broadcaster and the APA news agency on Thursday. “The current news makes us realize that it is necessary to close these loopholes in criminal law,” she said. The initiative was triggered by investigations into a former Austrian official from the Off…