德国联邦情报局前局长汉宁因涉嫌间谍活动及叛国罪被捕Germany Arrests Former Spy Chief August Hanning on Treason and Espionage Charges

德国联邦检察官办公室通报，曾于1998年12月至2005年11月执掌德国联邦情报局、随后在联邦内政部担任国务秘书至2009年11月的奥古斯特·汉宁，在2026年10月6日清晨被执法人员拘留。检方指控这位现年80岁的前情报首脑涉嫌叛国性间谍活动、刺探国家机密、未遂叛国以及充当秘密情报人员等多项罪名。汉宁在德国西部明斯特附近的诺德瓦尔德住所被蒙面警察带走并押送至防弹车辆内，另一处被捕地点的通报涉及巴伐利亚州南部行政区。

Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that August Hanning, who led the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from December 1998 to November 2005 before serving as state secretary in the Federal Interior Ministry until November 2009, was taken into custody early Tuesday morning, October 6, 2026. Prosecutors stated that the 80-year-old former intelligence chief faces formal charges including suspected treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and operating as an intelligence operative. Police escorted Hanning into a bullet-proof vehicle at his home in Nordwalde near the western city of Münster, while related reports also noted arrest actions in southern Germany's Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.

曾长期担任汉宁办公室主任并在汉宁调任内政部期间继续共事的曼弗雷德·D同日被捕，检方指控其涉嫌协助未遂叛国及叛国性间谍活动。曼弗雷德·D在汉宁离任后仍继续在BND任职，并在2012年至2026年间担任多任后继局长的幕僚长，从而长期掌握内部机密。德国联邦检察官证实，执法部门在逮捕两名嫌疑人的同时，对两人位于多地的物业以及柏林的相关场所同步执行了搜查令。

His former bureau chief, identified under German privacy laws as Manfred D., was taken into custody on Tuesday on charges of aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage. Manfred D. worked closely with Hanning at the BND and the Interior Ministry until 2009, and later served as chief of staff for several successive BND presidents from 2012 until 2026, granting him continuous access to sensitive agency materials. Federal prosecutors confirmed that law enforcement teams executed simultaneous search warrants at properties connected to both suspects across multiple locations, including premises in Berlin.

德国联邦检察官办公室披露的调查指控显示，汉宁与曼弗雷德·D在2010年春季达成了秘密有偿协议，由曼弗雷德·D在后续数年间持续从联邦情报局内部向汉宁输送高价值情报。检方调查认定，曼弗雷德·D在多年时间里累计向汉宁提供了约2000份文件，其中大量文件包含仅供联邦情报局内部使用、特别是用于高层情报简报的机密资料。

According to detailed allegations released by the German Federal Prosecutor's Office, August Hanning and Manfred D. entered into a financial arrangement in the spring of 2010 under which Manfred D. agreed to continuously transmit valuable intelligence from the BND to Hanning in exchange for payment. Prosecutors found that over the course of several years, Manfred D. supplied Hanning with approximately 2,000 documents, many of which contained sensitive information designated exclusively for internal agency use, particularly for executive intelligence briefings.

检方进一步指出，曼弗雷德·D利用其在BND局长办公室的职权与高度访问权限获取涉密档案，而汉宁则将这些内部文件纳入其离开公职后建立的私人咨询业务中。检方认为汉宁打算将这些涉密材料作为其付费咨询服务的一部分进行转售，调查人员目前仍在继续核查汉宁传播这些机密文件的具体范围与接收对象。

Federal investigators stated that Manfred D. leveraged his high-level position and access inside the intelligence agency's leadership offices to obtain the classified materials. Hanning is alleged to have integrated the sensitive internal records into his private consulting business following his departure from government service. Prosecutors stated they believe Hanning intended to resell the documents as part of his paid consulting portfolio, and authorities are continuing to examine the full scope of dissemination and the specific parties who may have received the classified files.

德国联邦检察官办公室披露的细节表明，奥古斯特·汉宁涉嫌至少在一次行动中，利用曼弗雷德·D提供的机密情报为一名外国情报机构官员撰写了专门分析报告，但检方表示尚无法确定该份分析材料最终是否送达目标接收人。此外，检方指控汉宁多年来与另一家外国情报机构的代表保持密切接触，并部分依据曼弗雷德·D转交的材料向对方传递了敏感政治信息。德国官方在通报中未说明汉宁涉嫌协助的具体外国情报部门或国家名称。

Details disclosed by Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office allege that August Hanning used classified intelligence provided by Manfred D. on one occasion to draft an analysis for an officer of an overseas intelligence agency, though prosecutors noted it remains undetermined whether the material reached its intended recipient. In addition, prosecutors accuse Hanning of maintaining years of close contact with a representative of a separate foreign intelligence service, to whom he passed sensitive political information partially derived from materials supplied by Manfred D. Official prosecutor statements did not identify the foreign governments or intelligence entities involved.

德国媒体报道指出，汉宁涉嫌持有并泄露国家机密情报的线索，源于对德国牛排连锁店女继承人克里斯蒂娜·布洛克（Christina Block）案的独立司法调查。汉堡检察官办公室指控布洛克于2023年因监护权纠纷策划绑架其两名年幼子女，调查人员在侦办该起绑架案及汉宁的相关牵连过程中顺藤摸瓜，最终发现了这起涉及德国联邦情报局内部机密流失的情报泄密案件。

German media reported that Hanning's alleged possession and handling of classified intelligence records came to light during an unrelated criminal investigation involving German steakhouse heiress Christina Block. Prosecutors in Hamburg charged Block with orchestrating the 2023 kidnapping of her two youngest children amid a custody dispute, and investigative findings surrounding that case uncovered the trail leading to Hanning's handling of confidential Federal Intelligence Service documents.

针对这名前最高情报官员与前幕僚被捕一事，德国议会情报监督委员会领导层迅速作出回应。该监督委员会主席马克·亨里希曼（Marc Henrichmann）在逮捕行动后向法新社表示，德国绝不容忍任何背叛国家机密的行为，并指出任何与自由民主敌人结盟的人都将被查获。

German parliamentary intelligence oversight leaders responded swiftly to the arrests of the former foreign intelligence director and his longtime aide. Marc Henrichmann, who chairs the German parliament's intelligence oversight committee, told news agency AFP following the police operation that Germany will not tolerate the betrayal of state secrets, adding that whoever allies themselves with the enemies of the country's liberal democracy will be found out.

德国议会情报监督委员会成员、反对党议员康斯坦丁·冯·诺茨（Konstantin von Notz）公开表态称，有关汉宁的指控令人深感不安，并明确呼吁对整起案件展开迅速且彻底的全面调查。德国之声首席政治编辑米夏埃拉·屈夫纳（Michaela Küfner）在政府新闻发布会上指出，这起案件是德国正在实时发生的本世纪重大间谍丑闻。

Konstantin von Notz, an opposition lawmaker and member of the parliamentary oversight committee, described the allegations against Hanning as deeply troubling and called for a swift, thorough investigation into the matter. Reporting from a government press briefing, Deutsche Welle chief political editor Michaela Küfner described the unfolding arrests and investigation as Germany's biggest espionage scandal of the century taking place in real time.