June 21, 2024 – 7:22 pm
Germany arrested three more people on suspicion of espionage German wave. The German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that it had arrested three foreign nationals who allegedly traveled to the country on behalf of the intelligence service in order to collect information about a Ukrainian person residing there.
The men were arrested in Frankfurt by Hesse authorities, who were exploring a café where the spotted target was also located. Like the foreigners involved in the suspicions, namely Ukrainian Robert A. And the Armenian Vardjis A. The Russian, Arman S., will appear in court on Thursday, where they will be held in pretrial detention until the indictment is issued.
Recently, German authorities arrested several people on suspicion of espionage. In April, six people who may have collected information for China and Russia were arrested. The far-right Alternative for Germany party is heavily involved in espionage cases. Jian Jie, a direct colleague of Maximilian Krah, who heads the AfD party's list in the European Parliament, was arrested because, according to the German defense, he may be a Chinese spy. In addition, the German Prosecutor's Office is also investigating whether Krahe himself accepted payments from pro-Russian and Chinese sources.
Peter Bystron, who is second on the AfD party's list, came under suspicion a few days ago because he may have accepted money from a website called Voice of Europe, which is widely considered a European cover organization for the Russian secret service.
In addition, two German citizens of Russian origin were arrested on suspicion of trying to sabotage German military aid to Ukraine, and three other German citizens were arrested for attempting to hand over engine designs developed in Germany to Chinese intelligence.
