Overview
- An investigating judge at the Federal Court ordered pre-trial detention for five suspects arrested on Monday in Schleswig-Holstein.
- Investigators attribute roughly 16,000 shipments, worth at least €30 million and including bearings, to the network, with end users including 24 sanctioned defense firms.
- The Federal Public Prosecutor says Russian state bodies are suspected of standing behind the procurement structure on the Russian side.
- Federal police, customs and prosecutors searched Global Trade in Lübeck and conducted additional searches in Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Nordwestmecklenburg and Ostholstein.
- Five further suspects remain at large as searches and evidence collection continue across multiple German locations.