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Germany: Arrest of former head of foreign intelligence on charges of espionage and treason

On Tuesday, the German authorities arrested the former head of the German Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) August Haning on suspicion of having committed espionage and leaking State secrets. The Federal Public Prosecutor ' s Office announced the arrest of Haning (80 years old) under an arrest warrant issued by the investigating judge of the Federal Court, on the strong suspicion that he had committed acts involving climatic espionage, exploration of State secrets, attempted high treason and acting as an agent of an intelligence service.