Tag: Germany

  • ATM bombers in Germany: Successes against “Audi gang”

    ATM bombers in Germany: Successes against “Audi gang”

    Sweeps by German authorities in the Netherlands, arrests after pursuit also in North Rhine-Westphalia Investigators from Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg have apparently succeeded in a manhunt concerning ATM bombing. For more than a year, the public prosecutor’s office in Bamberg and…

  • Police violence in Germany: Misuse of “Wiretapping Paragraph”

    Police violence in Germany: Misuse of “Wiretapping Paragraph”

    The ban on filming police operations is an international exception The practice of the German police to prohibit recordings of police operations with reference to the Penal Code is rather exceptional in international comparison. This is the conclusion of a…

  • Germany: “Knife experts” of police and media under fire

    Germany: “Knife experts” of police and media under fire

    Right-wing politicians and the media work with questionable statistics on knives as a means of committing crimes. The Federal Criminal Police Office will not publish valid figures until this year. For more than two years, the right-wing extremist AfD party…

  • Sea-Watch flies again: Flight bans by Libya contrary to international law

    Sea-Watch flies again: Flight bans by Libya contrary to international law

    After a ten-month break, the “Seabird 2” is back over the central Mediterranean. With this aircraft, the pilots detect sea emergencies and notify nearby ships for rescue. The sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch has resumed its aerial reconnaissance over the central…