Overview
- Prosecutors in Berlin filed the indictment Wednesday, charging a 33-year-old patrol officer with 17 secrecy breaches, four bribery counts and six cases of perversion of justice.
- The charges describe alleged leaks from police databases to people in the criminal scene between February 2020 and February 2023, including alerts about an arrest warrant, planned operations and colleagues’ duty times.
- Investigators say the officer took benefits in return for information, including paid food and shisha sessions, plus a €38,000 loan.
- In six instances, the officer allegedly launched cases on the basis of staged anonymous tips to pressure rivals, then sought search warrants that the Amtsgericht Tiergarten approved.
- Detectives report witness tips in 2021 led to undercover work and February 2023 searches that secured phone chats, after which the officer was suspended, while reports also note unconfirmed gang links abroad and a separate alleged leak case at the same Neukölln station.