The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Germany is investigating employees of the mining department of the city of Stralsund, who disclosed classified information during the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, German newspaper Bild reports.
Stralsund is located in the north of Germany near the shore of the Baltic Sea. According to the newspaper, in January 2018, employees of the department responsible for issuing permits for the construction of the pipeline, published on their website a document that contained information about the areas of operation of NATO submarines and their armament. This information was marked “classified information – strictly for official use”.
The officials responsible for the leak face up to five years in prison.
