German authorities announced today that they have arrested an employee of Germany’s Federal Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) on suspicion of sharing state secrets with the Russia.
The police arrested the suspect yesterday in Berlin, one German a citizen identified as Kartzen L., federal prosecutors said.
The arrest was made following a raid on the home and workplace of the suspect and another person.
“The defendant is suspected of treason against the state“, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement and relayed by the Athens News Agency. “In 2022, he shared information he found while working with a Russian intelligence agency. The content is considered a state secret».
The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) launched its own internal investigation only became aware of the possibility of betrayal within its own ranks, said BND chief Bruno Kahl. When those suspicions grew, the agency alerted federal prosecutors.
Discretion was key thereafter, as any details of the investigation released to the public could give ‘to the opposing advantage in his intention to harm Germany“, he said.
“With Russia, we’re dealing with an actor whose toughness and willingness to be violent we have to reckon with.”
Source: News Beast
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