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Stuttgart Prosecutor’s Office Searched as Seven Staffers Probed Over Bribery, Data Leaks

Investigators are examining suspected corruption within the office’s support unit linked to unauthorized transfers of official information.

Overview

  • Heilbronn prosecutors searched offices and private addresses in connection with suspected bribery and unlawful disclosure of service secrets.
  • Arrest warrants were issued for one employee and two alleged Auftraggeber, with DPA reporting the employee is a court usher (Wachtmeister).
  • Authorities emphasized the suspects are support staff, not prosecutors, at the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office.
  • Special commission Frost said it is conducting extensive inquiries that also cover several additional offences.
  • The probe stems from a May 12 shooting in Tamm, with two men arrested in the Netherlands in October now in pretrial detention on attempted murder allegations involving a 23-year-old security worker.