3 Germans arrested on suspicion of spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech
Release time：2024-05-21 07:33:23 Source：Stellar Scope news portal
BERLIN (AP) — Three people suspected of spying for China and facilitating the transfer of information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday.
Prosecutors said that the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some point before June 2022. They are also suspected of violating German export laws.
One of the suspects, identified only as Thomas R. in line with German privacy laws, was allegedly an agent for an employee of China’s Ministry of State Security and procured information in Germany on “militarily usable innovative technologies” for that person, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
To do that, prosecutors said, he used Herwig F. and Ina. F, a couple who own a company in Duesseldorf that was used to contact and work with German researchers.
The couple allegedly set up a research transfer agreement with an unidentified German company, the first step in which was to draw up a study for a Chinese partner on the technology of machine parts that could be used for powerful ship engines, including those in battleships. Thomas R.'s handler at the MSS was behind the Chinese partner and the project was financed by the Chinese state, prosecutors said.
- Previous：Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
- Next：A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
Related articles
- Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
- MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular
- Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool, four decades in
- Wade Rousse named new president of Louisiana's McNeese State University
- Socialite Jasmine Hartin enjoys beach snuggle with electrician hunk
- President Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Trump: Election 2024
- A man accused in a Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot is sentenced to 3 years probation
- Florida's Bob Graham remembered as a governor, senator of the people
- Bella Hadid goes braless in a thigh
- MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular
- Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
- A man accused in a Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot is sentenced to 3 years probation
- Braves 2B Ozzie Albies activated from injured list ahead of series versus Guardians
- Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly 's challenge of 20
- Britain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
- Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to resume
- I have £300,000 invested in a pension
- Moment passenger has huge foul
- ‘The Blue Angels,’ filmed for IMAX, puts viewers in the ‘box’ with the elite flying squad
- Book Review: Emily Henry is still the modern
Random recommendation