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Hanning arrest shines light on feud with prominent German private investigator

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German private investigator Werner Mauss at the Bochum Regional Court in Germany, on 26 September 2016.
German private investigator Werner Mauss at the Bochum Regional Court in Germany, on 26 September 2016. © Ina Fassbender/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP

The former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, August Hanning, was arrested on 6 October on suspicion of treason. Intelligence Online can reveal that the German private investigator Werner Mauss had crafted a dossier on Hanning's alleged activities with several foreign states and submitted it to German prosecutors.

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