According to the head of Germany's BfV domestic intelligence agency, North Korea has been using its embassy in Berlin to acquire parts for its missile and nuclear programs. In a program to be aired on Monday, BfV head Hans-Georg Maasen said, "We determined that procurement activities have been carried out from there that are, in our view, done with a view to the missile program and sometimes also for the nuclear program.” While Maasen said that German authorities prevented such activities when they could, he added: “We can’t guarantee that we can detect and prevent this in all cases.” He said it was necessary to assume that parts for North Korea’s launch program “were acquired via other markets or underground buyers had acquired them in Germany”.