BERLIN – Germany's interior ministry has ordered an independent investigation into the failings of the country's domestic intelligence agency in a high-profile neo-Nazi case.
The BfV agency recently acknowledged finding in its archives a cellphone and five SIM cards belonging to an informant codenamed 'Corelli.'
German lawmakers are investigating whether Corelli had links to the far-right National Socialist Underground, accused by prosecutors of killing nine men and a policewoman in 2000-2007.
The only surviving alleged member, Beate Zschaepe, has been on trial since May 2013.
The interior ministry said Friday that a retired senior civil servant will investigate the BfV's handling of evidence and submit a report at the end of the month.
The previous head of the BfV resigned in 2012 following questions about authorities' failure to apprehend the group.
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