The federal prosecutor’s office in Germany said on Jan. 9 that it has charged three people for handing over intelligence and technologies that could have military applications to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The accused, all German nationals, also purchased three “special lasers” from Germany, which were ultimately financed by the CCP’s top spy agency and shipped back to China without the necessary authorization, according to a statement from the prosecutor’s office. German authorities did not disclose further details about the lasers but said the items are subject to the EU’s dual-use export control regulations.
