Germany charges four for selling spyware to Turkey's secret services to monitor opposition

German prosecutors have charged four former company executives with illegally selling software to Turkey's secret services for use to spy on the country's opposition, officials said on Monday (May 22).

German prosecutors have charged four former company executives with illegally selling software to Turkey's secret services for use to spy on the country's opposition, officials said on Monday (May 22).

The suspects were from FinFisher, a Munich-based company developing and selling spyware to law enforcement agencies and intelligence services.

They are charged with breaking laws that ban the sale of dual-use products which can be used for both civilian and military purposes to countries outside the European Union, unless authorities grant approval.