Libya affair (Germany)
The Libya affair in Germany was a political affair regarding the private training engagement of members of German security forces in Libya .
In April 2008, the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office started investigations against 30 SEK officials from Germany and a member of the Bundeswehr after it became known that they had trained Libyan security forces for sums of up to 15,000 euros. During the operation, training documents from the North Rhine-Westphalia police are said to have been used, which are classified as secret. The suspicion was also expressed that members of GSG 9 could be involved in the training. For example, a former GSG-9 man who is said to have played a leading role in the operations in June 2005 was questioned. Whether the training of the Libyan security forces was illegal and whether crimes were actually committed by the people involved has not been legally assessed by the courts.
According to a report in the Berliner Zeitung on April 5, 2008, the Federal Intelligence Service is said to have been involved in the training of Libyan security forces between 2005 and 2007. According to Hans Leyendecker from the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the BND is said to have been informed about these activities, but did not participate in them. According to his information, active and former employees from German SEK placed themselves through a security company and participated privately in the training.
In 1995 it became known that the BND had participated in the training of officers and soldiers in Libya in the 1970s.