Trinh Xuan Thanh, former executive at a state oil company PetroVietnam, is seen on a street in Berlin, Germany October 20, 2016. Bui Thanh Hieu (Nguoi Buon Gio)/Handout via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - German federal prosecutors on Thursday took over an investigation into the alleged kidnapping last month of a Vietnamese businessman and his companion, citing new evidence that the two were likely to have been taken to the Vietnamese embassy in Berlin before going back to Vietnam.
The chief federal prosecutor's office said the investigation was focussed on the suspicion of foreign intelligence activity and the unlawful deprivation of liberty.
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