Quite interestingly reports claim that the Greek intelligence will not only focus on the crimes committed by the German spy, such as his photographing and documenting Greek military units, the movement of Navy ships, government buildings, etc., but will also investigate the fact that the Turks were using this information and preparing blows throughout the entire mechanism of the Hellenic state.
Several news reports said that the suspect lived on Chios for the past four years and a following a search of his home revealed evidence suggesting that he had been snapping photographs of Greek military installations as well as other Greek infrastructure on the island for at least three years. Nonetheless, Greek authorities believe that he was contracted by MIT before that and this is because he had been visiting Chios for years, and was in the market to purchase a home.
It should be noted that EYP had been keeping a close eye on the German 72 year-old for some time now and had suspected that he was involved in espionage. They were just waiting for the right moment to proceed with his arrest and literally caught him in the act when he was photographing a military camp in the area
Now EYP will examine the evidence as well as its use. One of the biggest challenges is that the German spy's actions, and the network of Turkish agents who supported him -as well as paid him handsomely for his work- coincides with the opening of the borders between both countries and the free movement of Turkish citizens to Greece.
When this occurred news sites such as defencenet warned that the decision by the George Papandreou government would allow Turkish agents to operate more freely in Greece.
Obviously they were right!
In fact, Turkish agents and special forces from its shady spy agency MIT, have been hopping all over the Eastern Aegean since been allowed to do so from the Papandreou government in a move that was dubbed by GAP as an initiative to "enhance" tourism. Unfortunately it continued with the Papademos government and as sadly as this is to note it has also continued with the present government under Antonis Samaras.
The German spy is currently being interrogated and officials hope that he will give them information on possible illegal trafficking of weapons, or support material for the Turkish special forces, that were occurring in the area of Chios.
On his part, the German national requested, and received, some time to prepare his testimony before appearing in front of a Greek prosecutor.
When he was arrested last week, he said that he was approached by Turkish nationals in the summer of 2010 and contracted by them to snap the photographs of Greek military sites, government buildings and other such infrastructure in exchange for a fee, which he noted ranged anywhere from 500 to 1,500 Euros. Reports had quoted him as saying last week that the material he gathered was then sent either through an encrypted e-mail (which was then deleted), or was delivered to five unidentified Turkish nationals, either on Chios or in Turkey.
Following his arrest last week special units combed his home. After a thorough search, officials discovered that his personal computer also yielded a number of suspicious e-mails, including one detailing naval and military activity near the island. One email, say the same reports, was apparently sent to an unknown recipient a week earlier and apparently contained intelligence data on Greek warships and military vehicles located in Chios. Quite suspiciously, in the same email, the 72 year-old German also spoke about the controversial arrest of several Turkish nationals -between the area of Chios and Oinoussa- for illegally transporting various weaponry.
More precisely authorities discovered and seized:
- 3 laptops,
- Two cameras,
- 14 memory cards
- 5 USB sticks,
- 5 tourist maps of Chios
- 2 mobile phones and
- 1 pair of glasses with an integrated camera
The news of his arrest has made international headlines and it has dominated the news in both Germany and Turkey.
According to the German News Agency (DPA), the 72 year-old has confessed to crimes of espionage, while the German Embassy in Athens has confirmed his arrest but has declined to give out any more information.
In one report DPA said that the German spy was from Bonn, retired and lived for four years in was living in the Armolia village in the southern part of Chios.
Editor's Note - The government must immediately alter its immigration and visa policies. If Turkish agents paid 500 -1500 Euros to a retired German national to spy on Greece, how many 20 and 25 year-old unemployed -and desperate- illegal immigrants will they enlist with 200 euros a month? And this ridiculous without boundaries tourism development model has to also be revised. In fact there should be strict checks at all the islands in the eastern Aegean, especially to visitors from Turkey. Those who think that imperialism, wars and the shifting of borders have no place in our decade, are not only naive but are bloody idiots. Take a look at what is happening around our country, in the area of Thrace, Kastelorizo, Rhodes, etc. And if you are still not convinced then look at what happened in Yugoslavia and the Middle East. Wake up Ellada!
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