MH17 - March 29- German BND Raid Home of Investigator Who Offered $47 Million Reward
http://www.capital.de/themen/razzia-...ermittler.htmlFrom Google translate: RAZZIA AT MH17-INVESTIGATORS
March 29, 2016, Jens Brambusch
In the case of MH-17 again comes movement. The attorney general has now raided the house of private investigator Josef Resch search for evidence. It's about the suspected war crimes
Debris of the MH 17 on a field in eastern Ukraine © Getty Images
Debris of the MH 17 on a field in eastern Ukraine
Private investigator Josef Resch is these days a very popular And no longer is he living an incognito existence. For years, the 66-year-old, barely was known in public if at all, only with sunglasses and hat. Now he has hone from interview to interview, with newspapers and magazines for long interviews and chats in TV shows about his life. The man who for decades led a life in the shadows, is now pushing at the end of his career, into the public spotlight.
The reason is banal. Resch has just brought a book out onto the market. He calls himself "Germany's most experienced private investigators" and promises to reveal much. About the drug lord Pablo Escobar, the former hedge fund manager Florian Homm and MH-17 The Malaysia Airlines jet, which was shot on July 17, 2014 Ukraine. 298 people died in that disaster.
DETERMINED TO REVEAL EVIDENCE OF THE TRUTH
That does not seem to sit well with some people. As the Attorney General. On March 15, searched with eleven heavily armed BND officers at the homes and businesses of Resch in Lübeck. After the decision of the investigating judge of the Federal Court, which Capital has seen, it shows that against "Unknown" is determined on suspicion of war crimes. It is about the "shooting down of the Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines known as flight MH 17". Resch had represented to the public in this case for an anonymous client a million-dollar reward for clues. Now, the authorities seem to be interested in that information.
The aim of the raid, so it is stated in the search warrant, was the "freezing of written documents and notes related to the crash" of notebooks and address books with "entries to possible contact person who can provide further information about the shooting, preferably those from Ukraine or from the Russian Federation "and disks and computers.
And further: It is assumed that "blank documents, documents, addresses or for files that contain more evidence on the crime and possible information regarding the launch (...)," in the private rooms of Resch the truth is seems to have considerable significance ".
Private investigator Josef Resch © Jens Bold
Private investigator Josef Resch
Resch had initially revealed the award in September 2014 EUR 30 million reward on behalf of his clients for evidence to shoot down the MH-17th. He later increased the total by a further 17 million euros for clues as to who can prove the fact. Because of the continuous reading, which was also disseminated by the German Federal Intelligence Service, pro-Russian separatists had been said to have shot down the passenger plane with a Russian BUK, however, Resch disbelieved the authorities.
In June last year Resch told Capital that his client would receive the information they were hoping for. The reward was paid, his contract was terminated. "If the truth comes to the public, the conflict in eastern Ukraine would escalate very quickly," Resch said at the time, without naming the information in more detail.
DARING THE FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL THE BND NOT?
But then all went quiet. As in October, the Dutch Security vorlegten its final report, the case appeared to be finally resolved. It was quiet around MH-17th For the international investigators established that a Buk missile had destroyed the aircraft. Who could, however, be responsible for the shooting, the Security Council left open.
Resch, who was at the time of the raid in Bavaria, wonders: "If the attorney general believes he will find evidence for the shooting down of MH17 with me, then he dares not appear to the findings of the BND. Or he fears the informant comes from the environment of the BND. And should be revealed in the raid. "
In addition, Resch is surprised about the actions of officials. "You had to scare the whole neighborhood with this line-up? Could you not simply ring the doorbell with three people? I would have let them in naturally. I have nothing to hide. Also, I have of course no explosive materials in the house that can endanger our informants. "