A similar thing happened in France in the 80ies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matei_Pavel_Haiducu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matei_Pavel_Haiducu A Romania

A similar thing happened in France in the 80ies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matei_Pavel_Haiducu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matei_Pavel_Haiducu A Romanian spy was reluctant to conduct an assassination of two dissidents living in France. So he contacted the french secret services (DST). And fake attempts/executions were staged. The one that was "killed" officially stayed low for ~3 months, which enabled the (ex-)spy to fetch his brother in Bucharest and defect to the West. (video in french: http://lesoubliesdelhistoire.fr/video/200964054 http://lesoubliesdelhistoire.fr/video/200964054)