Germany arrests US national accused of spying for China
Al Jazeera
The accused worked for the US armed forces in Germany until recently, according to prosecutors.
Germany has arrested a citizen of the United States suspected of offering intelligence on the US military to China while working for US forces in Germany, the Office of the Federal Prosecutor says.
According to German prosecutors, the man, identified only as Martin D under German privacy law, was arrested in Frankfurt on Thursday.
In a statement, prosecutors said he is accused of having declared himself ready to work as an agent for a foreign intelligence agency and he had “contacted Chinese officials in 2024 and offered to hand them sensitive information about the US military”.
They said the accused had worked for US forces “until recently”. The investigation is being carried out “in close co-ordination” with German intelligence, prosecutors added.
China and the US have not yet responded to news of the arrest.
