Germany charges intelligence 'mole' with treason in Russia spying case
BBC By Michael Ertl
BBC News
A high-ranking German intelligence officer has been charged with treason for allegedly passing state secrets to Russia.
Prosecutors believe Carsten L shared intelligence about the war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group and received roughly 400,000 (340,000), according to German reports.
Another German man, who is suspected of having acted as a courier, has also been charged.
Both men could face life sentences.
The employee at Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND), known only as Carsten L in line with Germany's privacy rules, oversaw a department monitoring overseas telephone and internet communications.
He was promoted weeks before his arrest to a role responsible for background checks at the agency, according to Sddeutsche Zeitung and public broadcasters NDR and WDR.
