Germany Raids Offices, Homes of Suspected China Spies

Germany Raids Offices, Homes of Suspected China Spies
Policemen enter a residential building in Berlin's Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, where they carried out a raid, on Jan. 14, 2020. Dennis Braetsch/DPA/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN— Police have raided homes and offices in Brussels and across Germany in a case involving three people suspected of spying for China, prosecutors said on Jan. 15.

Der Spiegel magazine, which first reported the raids, said one of the three suspects was a German national who until 2017 had worked as a senior diplomat for the European Union’s foreign service, including multiple stints as an EU ambassador.