An employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency remains in custody Thursday after being accused of leaking classified information to Russia.
Federal prosecutors this week identified the suspect as Carsten L., who worked for Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).
BND officials said the agency was cooperating with prosecutors and noted that at least two offices at the agency’s Berlin headquarters were searched as part of the investigation.
“After the BND became aware of a possible case of treason within its own ranks in the course of its intelligence work, the BND immediately launched extensive international investigations,” the agency said in a statement to the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.