Former German foreign intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of paying for access to classified documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, federal prosecutors said. It is alleged that August Hanning used classified intelligence to “draft an analysis for an officer of a foreign intelligence service”. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Former German foreign intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of paying for access to classified documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, federal prosecutors said.S1

• It is alleged that August Hanning used classified intelligence to “draft an analysis for an officer of a foreign intelligence service”.S2

• Prosecutors reportedly suspect Hanning bought secret BND information from a former employee and intended to sell it through his consulting work.S3

• August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.S4

• August Hanning is reportedly accused of buying secret information and intending to sell it onS5

• The arrest is one of the biggest scandals to engulf the BND spy agency since its creation in the mid-1950s.S6

• Former BND chief August Hanning arrested in Germany espionage probeS7

• Ex-German spy chief arrested for espionage, treasonS8