Former BND President August Hanning arrested
The Federal Prosecutor General is investigating the 80-year-old and a BND employee on suspicion of treason and espionage.
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- Former BND chief August Hanning was arrested.
- The Federal Prosecutor General is investigating the 80-year-old and a BND employee for treasonous spying and espionage.
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Why It Matters
The Federal Prosecutor General is investigating former BND President August Hanning and a BND employee on suspicion of espionage.
The former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), August Hanning, has been arrested.
According to information from ZEIT, the Federal Prosecutor General is investigating the 80-year-old and a BND employee. The suspicion is of treasonous spying, spying on state secrets and espionage.
The essence of the matter is that Hanning, as a pensioner, had the BND briefings delivered to him for a strictly confidential weekly meeting in the Chancellery, the so-called ND situation. According to reports, he paid an employee in the intelligence service's management staff to pass the document through his hands. The investigators are therefore investigating the suspicion that Hanning used the content for his activities as a consultant for various companies and possibly even wanted to sell it.
Open Questions
- Which companies were the secrets passed on to?
- How long had the alleged espionage been going on?
