WW3? North Korea ‘using German embassy to procure parts for missile programme’
North Korea has reportedly been using its German embassy to produce parts for its missile programme
In a programme which will be aired on German television on Monday, BfV head Hans-Georg Maassen said: “We determined that procurement activities have been carried out from there that are, in our view, done with a view to the missile programme and sometimes also for the nuclear programme.”
Comments released by a German broadcaster ahead of Monday have shown that Mr Maassen did say that German authorities had prevented such activities when they found them.
However, he added: “We can’t guarantee that we can detect and prevent this in all cases.”
He also said it was necessary to presume that parts for North Korea’s launch programme “were acquired via other markets or underground buyers had acquired them in Germany”.