German Soldier Suspended After Allegedly Leaking Defence Purchase Plan

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According to a report from the magazine "Der Spiegel", the Ministry of Defence suspended a Bundeswehr officer because of suspicion of secret betrayal.The frigate captain is said to have passed on a document with more than 150 planned defence projects to a lobbyist.

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According to a report in the Ministry of Defence, a serious secret betrayal has been revealed. A frigate captain is said to have forwarded a list of more than 150 secret procurement projects to an armaments lobbyist.

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More than 150 secret procurement projects of the Bundeswehr land in the public sphere. An officer in the Ministry of Defence is said to have issued the list marked as "closing matter".

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An officer is said to have passed on a list of more than 150 planned arms purchases to a lobbyist.

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The Federal Ministry of Defence suspended an officer for suspecting the disclosure of sensitive information about long-term planned defence projects. "Immediate internal investigations" had been initiated after information from a classified document was published in September 2025, the ministry declared on Thursday at the request of the news agency AFP. A member of the ministry had been identified as a suspect "who allegedly passed on the docume…