Three Germans were arrested in Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg. According to federal prosecutors, they are said to have spied for China.
Federal prosecutors have arrested three Germans on suspicion of spying for China. “The accused are strongly suspected of having worked for a Chinese secret service since a point in time that cannot be precisely determined before June 2022,” said the Federal Prosecutor General. They were arrested on Monday on the basis of arrest warrants from the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg. In addition, the defendants’ homes and workplaces were searched. They are also said to have violated the foreign trade law.
China spies on military technology
One of those arrested is said to have worked as an agent for an employee of the Chinese secret service MSS living in China. On behalf of this person, the man in Germany obtained information about innovative technologies that could be used militarily. In exchange for payment, special lasers are said to have been delivered to the MSS in China without authorization, although the instrument is subject to the EU’s dual-use regulation for both civil and possible military use. The arrests were largely based on findings from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.
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Source: Stern
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