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East Germany espionage raised GDP by 7.4
The study conducted by the Rockwell Berlin Institute concluded that the intensive economic espionage activities carried out by East Germany during the Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s led to an increase in its gross domestic product by 7.4% by the end of the 1980s. Industrial value added increased by 22.3%, supported by espionage activities, which is equivalent to $4.7 billion in 2020 prices. Researchers explained that intelligence operations, particularly the Stasi, helped companies acquire technical and scientific information, resulting in faster productivity growth and greater investments, although success in Western markets was limited. The study highlights that the economic gains from espionage had wide-reaching effects on supplier and customer networks.
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