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The Federal Prosecutor's Office reported that external intelligence officer was ...

In Germany, a double agent was detained who spiped into the Russian Federation

The Federal Prosecutor's Office reported that external intelligence officer was suspected of transferring state secrets to persons from Russia. In Germany, they arrested an employee of the Federal Intelligence Service, who is suspected of espionage for Russia. About it reports the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany. According to the department, Karsten L. was arrested on Wednesday, December 21. In the apartment and in the workplace of the accused and another person searches were conducted.

Prosecutors suspect that the man in 2022 passed the information obtained during his professional activity, Russian intelligence. The information, in turn, was a state secret. It should be noted that according to the German edition of Spiegel, the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany was the first to learn about the state treason of one of the employees and initiated an official investigation.

After significant internal investigations, the suspicions were confirmed and the Fed sought help from the Federal Prosecutor's Office. We will remind, in September 2022 in the Czech Republic exposed an employee of the Foreign Ministry, who worked on the Russian Federation. The Czech diplomat worked in the Ministry since the 1990s and transmitted secret information to the Russians. He began cooperating with Russia after acquaintance with the agent of the RSS of the Russian Federation in Africa.