American military contractor accused of trying to spy on China accused of espionage in Germany

Sedan – An American man who worked in an American military installation in Germany and supposedly offered to provide confidential information to China He has been accused of espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday.

The suspect, identified only as Martin D. in line with the German privacy rules, was arrested in Frankfurt in early November. In an accusation sent to the State Court in Koblenz earlier this month, he is accused of having declared his willingness to participate in espionage for a foreign intelligence service, federal prosecutors said.

The man, at the end of the thirties, worked between 2017 and early 2023 for a civil contractor of the United States Department of Defense, and worked on an American military installation not identified in Germany from at least 2020 onwards, prosecutors said in a statement.

He is accused of contacting Chinese authorities repeatedly in the summer of 2024 and offering to provide sensitive military information from the United States for Chinese intelligence.

The German media reported that the suspect apparently failed to transfer any data to the Chinese authorities before their arrest.

Koblenz’s court will now have to decide whether to send the case to the trial and, if so, when.

The case has been investigated by the federal prosecutor’s office, which ordered the arrest for an order issued on October 30, 2024.

“Due to a pressing suspicion, the defendant is accused of offering himself as an agent of a foreign intelligence service,” said the prosecutor’s office in a statement at the time of arrest.

Martin D. is accused of offering confidential information that he acquired during his work with the US army in Germany, which involved working as a contractor for a private company that provided services to the US forces based in the central state of Hessen.

His arrest occurred in the midst of a growing concern in western capitals about espionage and sabotage activities for foreign powers, particularly China and Russia. Only a few days before, a source familiar with the matter He told News themezone that US and European police agencies were jointly investigating incendiary devices that detonated

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