German Telekom wiretapping scandal

Germany: German Telekom wiretapping scandal

Zumwinkel renewdly in center of investigations
Ex-heads of the giant, Zumwinkel and Ricke, under pressure - state attorney searches private investigator in Cologne


A worker for the Telekom-section company-security was ordered by the former head of the executive board Ricke according to his statements to find out who gave confidential informations to the media, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports.
The meanwhile arrested man had to keep total silence about it, even facing his direct bosses.

Justice circles out of NRW confirmed according to Spiegel report, that the rooms of P.I. "Argen" in Cologne were searched.

Argen was enlisted for years in this juristical "no-mans land."

They spied members of the supervisory board, members of the union-board and no-members of the company like union head Bsirske.

12 people are being investigated among them Zumwinkel and Ricke.