Former German intelligence chief arrested in espionage case reportedly linked to Azerbaijan

BERLIN— Former German intelligence chief August Hanning has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason, in a major security scandal that German media reports have linked to Azerbaijan. Hanning, 80, headed Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005. German prosecutors say he later obtained roughly 2,000 internal BND documents from […] The post Former German intelligence chief arrested in espionage case reportedly linked to Azerbaijan first appeared on Horizon Weekly .

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