Another potential Russian spy detained in Germany. DW reports..

Arthur E, a German citizen who arrived from the USA. detained on January 22 at Munich airport by employees of the Federal Office for Criminal Affairs after crossing the border.

According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, he acted as a courier and transported secret data from a member of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) to the Russian Federation..

An arrest warrant was issued against him on suspicion of complicity in high treason..

According to the prosecutor's office, in 2022, the suspect handed over to the Russian intelligence service information received from an employee of the German Federal Intelligence Service.. Arthur E himself. not an intelligence officer.

The investigation is being carried out in close cooperation with German intelligence, as well as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation..

This is the second arrest in the case of potential espionage for the benefit of the Russian Federation of German intelligence officer Carsten L.. , who was detained in December on suspicion of high treason, including espionage.

According to investigators, he could have passed secret information about the situation in Ukraine to Moscow..

According to the German Prosecutor General's Office, in 2022 Karsten L. handed over to the Russian Federation information relating to state secrets.

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In recent years, several people have been convicted in Germany for spying for Russia.. After the start of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned of an increase in the danger of Russian espionage.