List of espionage cases in Germany

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The list of espionage cases in Germany contains the espionage cases that have become publicly known in Germany.

Cold War 1945 to 1990

Exposure /
arrest 		Period Treason to Espionage target Remarks Surname Profession / activity employer date dish Sentence Penal norm
Espionage spy Condemnation
 June 1953 1953 Poland Office blank photographed u. a. Documents such as the preliminary draft "Security" on personnel selection procedures, draft regulations and the OrgPlan of the "Defense" unit Bruno Sniegowski Office assistant in the subject area Basics of the Military Order of the Department of Internal Structure Office blank  May 1954 BGH 5 years ( penitentiary ) 100 StGB (old version)
1950s 1950s GDR : MfS Federal Navy delivered u. a. Information about speedboats Horst Ludwig Lieutenant at sea on a speedboat in Bremerhaven Federal Navy  Jan. 1960 BGH 5 years ( penitentiary ) 100 StGB (old version), serious corruption
0Nov 6, 1961 1951-1961 USSR : KGB BND Heinz Felfe most recently Head of the Soviet Union, Counter-Espionage Department BND July 23, 1963 BGH 14 y. 100, 100e StGB (old version)
 Oct 1968 Oct 22, 1967 USSR : KGB armed forces stole a Sidewinder missile and sent it to Moscow Manfred Ramminger independent 0Oct 7, 1970 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court 4 y. u. a. 243 StGB
  1975 1956-1975 GDR : MfS armed forces revealed among other missiles - and bombs goals, schedules, service regulations and maneuvers ; Agent wages: 185,000 DM Norbert Moser Lieutenant Colonel , Head of Air Force connection command PzBrig 21 armed forces Dec 16, 1977 BayObLG 11 y. Section 94 of the Criminal Code
Dec 20, 1976 1970-1976 GDR : MfS BND revealed, among other things, the stay-behind organization to the Eastern Bloc. False flag recruitment by the MfS : Hofer thought of giving information to a right-wing officers' association. see also: Operation Scorpio Heidrun Hofer secretary BND no condemnation possible: Hofer jumped after her arrest from the sixth floor of the Bavarian LKA , where they are injured so severely that they until expiry of the limitation period does not again stand trial was.
  1985 1972-1985 GDR : HV A Office of the Federal President had access to over 1700  classified information , carried it out of the agency and returned it unnoticed Margarete Höke Anteroom lady Office of the Federal President   1987 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court 8 y. Section 94 of the Criminal Code (particularly serious case)
Aug 18, 1985 GDR : HV A BfV Hansjoachim Tiedge Group leader of the counter-espionage department BfV no conviction possible due to Escape to GDR, later Russia
  1990 1968-1990 GDR : HV A BND Gabriele Gast Government director in the Soviet Union unit BND  Dec 1991 BayObLG 6 yrs. 9 m. Section 94 of the Criminal Code
0Oct 8, 1990 1981-1990 GDR : HV A BfV Klaus Kuron Senior government councilor in counter-espionage BfV 0Feb 7, 1992 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court 12 years, financial loss: 692,000 marks Section 94 of the Criminal Code
Apr 15, 1991 1979-1991 GDR : HV A BMVg Code name "Rödel"; 55,000 individual documents Scope of treason, false flag recruitment Wolf-Heinrich Prellwitz Registrar in the sub-department Rü IV (military equipment air) BMVg May 21, 1992 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court 10 years, financial loss: 820,000 marks Section 94 of the Criminal Code (particularly serious case)

Germany since 1990

Exposure /
arrest 		Period Treason to Espionage target Remarks Surname Profession / activity employer date dish Sentence Penal norm
Espionage spy Condemnation
Oct 18, 2011 ca. 1986
-2011 		Russia : SWR EU , NATO false identity as an Austrian, real first name: Sascha u. Olga; Aliases: Pit and Tina, used agent radio , dead letter boxes , use Dutch source Andreas stop engineer 02nd of July 2013 OLG Stuttgart 6 y. 6 m. Section 99 of the Criminal Code
Heidrun stop Housewife 5 y. 6 m.
02nd July 2014 2008-2014 USA : CIA ; Russia BND gave min. 200 partly top secret documents to the CIA, including a database with cover names and real names of German agents abroad; Motive: boredom, frustration, insufficient challenge; Agent wage: min. € 80,000 Markus R. Officials of the intermediate service in the registry of the Department EA BND 02nd of July 2013 Munich Higher Regional Court 8 y. Section 94 StGB , violation of official secrets
 Apr 2017 –2017 Switzerland : NDB Financial administration NRW spied on tax investigators and wanted to smuggle a mole into the financial administration, agent wages € 28,000 Daniel M. 0Nov 8, 2017 Frankfurt Higher Regional Court 1st year, 10 m.
On probation + € 40,000 probation condition 		Section 99 of the Criminal Code
  2017 2016-2017 BfV offered information about the BfV in Islamist online chats Roque M. Observant BfV Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court Attempted treason (accused)
  2018 airbus armed forces Passing on of a detailed financial plan classified as SECRET for individual armament projects Martin M. Armaments manager airbus 12th July 2019 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court 2nd J, 6 M. Section 95 of the Criminal Code
Thomas M. Former Fighter pilot Arms industry 1st year, 3 sts
on probation
2015– India : R&AW Sikh -; Cashmere movement Disclosure of internals from Sikh temples in Frankfurt and Cologne, information about protests on the visit of the Indian Prime Minister in Germany Manmohan S.  Dec 2019 Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt 1 yrs., 6 m. Section 99 of the Criminal Code
Jan 15, 2019 2013 – Feb. 2019 Iran : MOIS armed forces Afghan , 50 years old, access to information in the Heinrich Hertz barracks in Daun about the German armed forces mission in Afghanistan. Abdul-Hamid S. Language evaluator and regional studies consultant armed forces 23 Mar 2020 Higher Regional Court of Koblenz 6 years, 10 m. Section 94 of the Criminal Code (particularly serious case)

See also

literature

  • Helmut Roewer, Stefan Schäfer, Matthias Uhl: Lexicon of the secret services in the 20th century . with 1465 illustrations and organizational charts. Herbig, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-7766-2317-8 .
  • Bernadette Droste: Handbook of constitutional protection law . Boorberg, Stuttgart a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-415-03773-1 , pp. 738–754 , Appendix 12 (extensive list of outstanding espionage cases in the history of the BfV up to 2000, names anonymized).
  • Hendrik van Bergh: Cologne 4713. History and stories of the Cologne Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution . JW Naumann Verlag, Würzburg 1981, ISBN 3-88567-010-0 , p. 462–465 (14 counter-espionage successes of the BfV are listed).

Remarks

  1. ↑ The document would have made it possible to draw conclusions about the material clout of the Bundeswehr and NATO. Serious disadvantages for the external security of the Federal Republic of Germany would have been expected if it had fallen into the hands of a foreign power.
  2. ↑ and loss of retirement pension

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : "Always on the enemy!" - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 326 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : "Always on the enemy!" - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 327–330 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Hendrik van Bergh: Cologne 4713. History and stories of the Cologne Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution . JW Naumann Verlag, Würzburg 1981, ISBN 3-88567-010-0 , p. 464 .
  4. ^ Bernadette Droste: Handbook of the constitution protection law . Boorberg, Stuttgart a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-415-03773-1 , pp. 742 , Appendix 12 (entry 1975 "M., N.") .
  5. ^ Dieter Krüger: Gerhard Wessel (1913–2002) - Gehlen's foster son at the head of the BND . In: Dieter Krüger and Armin Wagner (eds.): Conspiracy as a profession - German community service chiefs in the Cold War . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-86153-287-5 , p. 279 f .
  6. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : "Always on the enemy!" - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 333 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ Gabriele Gast: Scout of Peace. 17 years top spy in the GDR with the BND . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-8218-0522-6 .
  8. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : "Always on the enemy!" - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 317 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  9. ↑ Uwe Müller, Lars-Marten Nagel: The couple must be imprisoned for years. In: https://www.welt.de/ . July 2, 2013, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Uwe Müller, Lars-Marten Nagel: Agent thriller of historical dimension. In: https://www.welt.de/ . October 21, 2012, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  11. ^ Judgment in espionage trial - “Married couple attack” sentenced to several years in prison. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 2, 2013, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Spy on tax investigators - Swiss spy sentenced to suspended sentence. In: http://www.spiegel.de/ . November 9, 2017, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Michael Rasch: Spy Daniel M. is at large. In: https://www.nzz.ch/ . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 9, 2017, accessed on February 3, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Reiner Burger: The strange mole Roque M. In: https://www.faz.net/ . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 5, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
  15. ^ Revealing state secrets: Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court convicts two defendants. In: hartpunkt.de. Lars Hoffmann, July 14, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  16. ^ Conviction of an Indian couple for acting as secret service agents for an Indian intelligence service. In: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution . August 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate - Ministry of the Interior and for Sport (ed.): Verfassungsschutzbericht 2018 . 2019, ISSN  0948-8723 , p. 130 ( rlp.de [PDF]).
  18. ↑ Jörg Diehl and Fidelius Schmid: Iranian Secret Service - Investigators unmask suspected spy in the Bundeswehr. In: http://www.spiegel.de/ . January 15, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  19. ^ Betrayal of secret information to the Iranian intelligence service: verdicts spoken. In: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution . August 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
  20. ^ Conviction for treason and for aiding and abetting treason. In: OLG Koblenz. March 23, 2020, accessed August 17, 2020 .