The General Prosecutor’s Office of Germany presented accusations on suspicion of cooperation with the special services of China’s influential political scientist Clara L. This is reported on the website of the German Office.
Before that, the scientist also caught on the espionage in favor of Beijing. It is noted that accusations against spouses put forward on May 20.
According to investigators, Chinese intelligence has come to contact the pair during the visit of the political scientist to Shanghai, where he opposed the report in 2010. “Between November 2019, they regularly transferred information to the Chinese special services on the eve of both state visits or international conferences,” said the department.
It is assumed that the scientist and his wife received data from high-ranking interlocutors with whom they managed to establish contacts through the work on the German Analytical Center. In exchange for valuable information, the spouses received a “fee”. Other details of this business are not yet given.
June 21 reported that a citizen of Russia was arrested on suspicion of espionage in Germany. It is assumed that the scientific officer of the German University named Ilnur N. worked for Russian special services. In the Prosecutor General’s Office, he met that he met with a representative of Russian special services at least three times and transferred them valuable information.