Germany arrests three people suspected of giving technology to China

Germany arrests three people for alleged involvement in transfer of military technology to China

The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office arrested three citizens on suspicion of working for the Chinese secret services to transfer technology with potential military applications on Monday. Officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) in Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg arrested German citizens Gerwig F., Ina F. and Thomas R. (surnames withheld due to privacy concerns) on suspicion of working for the Chinese intelligence service …

A Chinese-funded research project with a German university collected information about machine components that can be used in Chinese fighter ship engines.

Three German citizens arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Prosecutors say trio are accused of passing on technical military knowledge and export of a laser without permissionsThree German citizens, a married couple from Düsseldorf and a man from Bad Homburg, have been arrested on suspicion of spying on behalf of China, prosecutors have said, in the second high-profile alleged espionage case reported in the country in days.The three are accused of passing on technical military knowhow to Chinese authori…

As three suspected spies from Germany were supposed to have helped by an obscure company to procure military-usable technology for a Chinese intelligence service.

Germany Arrests Three People Suspected of Spying for China

Three German citizens were arrested on Monday after Germany’s federal prosecutor alleged they were involved in transferring research on technologically advanced machine parts for ship engines to China’s secret service. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The suspects, whose names were listed as Herwig F., Ina F., and Thomas R., due to German privacy laws, were arrested in the German cities Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg under suspicion of having worke…

A few days after the arrest of two alleged Russian saboteurs, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has again arrested persons suspected of espionage this morning - in Hesse and NRW. This time it is about China. By M. Götschenberg and H. Schmidt.[more]]]>