BERLIN: A Moroccan man was found guilty on Monday of spying on supporters of a protest group in Germany for a Moroccan secret service.
The suspect, named only as Youssef El A., was handed an 18-month suspended sentence, the higher regional court in Duesseldorf said in a statement.
Youssef El A. “had been working for the Moroccan secret service DGED since at least January 2022,” the court said.
Along with an accomplice identified as Mohamed A., he spied on members of the Hirak movement, a Moroccan opposition protest group, according to the statement.
Youssef El A. had previously been a supporter of the movement, the court said.
