The German Federal Prosecutorʼs Office has arrested a second person as part of an investigation into the possible transfer of classified information to Russia by an employee of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND).
A man named Arthur E. (last name withheld) was detained at Munich airport after arriving from the USA. This happened in December 2022. According to the prosecutorʼs office, it was this man who passed on secret information to Russian intelligence, which was received from the BND by previously detained Karsten L.
Artur E. is accused of treason. At the same time, the law enforcement officers specify that he was not an employee of the BND. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is cooperating with Germany in this investigation.
- The arrest of the BND employee became known on December 22, when the Federal Committee of Germany accused him of passing state secrets to Russia in 2022. In recent years, Germany has convicted several people who spied for Russia. However, the double agent in the Federal Intelligence Service was announced for the first time since 2014.