When she was arrested, the Chinese national was employed at Leipzig’s airport. She is expected to provide another suspected agent with information regarding the movements of military personnel.
She is supposed to pass along information about military personnel’s whereabouts to another suspected agent.
The Chinese national was detained in Leipzig, where she was employed as an airport employee. She is charged with providing another suspected agent with information regarding the transportation of military hardware.
The suspect, who worked at the Leipzig airport, is accused of providing information that included flight, cargo and passenger dataImage:
Prosecutors say that the suspect, Yaqi X., was employed by a company that handles logistics at the Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany.
According to a statement released by the prosecution, X. used her position to obtain information on “the transport of military equipment and persons with connections to a German arms company.”
From mid-August 2023 until mid-February 2024, X. “repeatedly” provided information to Jian G., a separately prosecuted suspect, according to the prosecutor’s statement.
It allegedly included details about planes, cargo, and passengers at the airport, as well as the movement of military equipment.
It purportedly contained information on aircraft, cargo, and travelers at the airport, as well as the flow of military hardware.
