Tag: State Criminal Police Office
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Under arrest for sabotage plans: Two Russian-Germans allegedly planned attacks on behalf of the Kremlin
The German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has arrested two men in Bavaria for acting as agents for Russia. The “Donetsk People’s Republic” is now considered a terrorist organisation. On Wednesday, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office had the German-Russian nationals Dieter…
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Turmoil over Budapest antifa trial: Italy summons Hungarian ambassador, Meloni calls Orbán
In the “Day of Honor” trial, the Italian defendant was led into the courtroom in Budapest in chains. The heads of state are said to have spoken on the phone afterwards. There is also news about the German secret service.…
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Too much cocaine from “hinterland”: Berlin wants security partnership “from Peru to Germany”
Due to increasing cocaine seizures, there should be better surveillance of German harbours. Latin American security authorities will therefore be joining a conference in Hamburg in May. The German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (Social Democratic Party of Germany,…
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Indymedia Linksunten: German Police can’t decrypt MacBook and has to return it
After the recent Linksunten raids, around 180 evidence files remain with the LKA. Two of the persons concerned were dismissed after the incident – presumably because the police contacted their employers. In August, the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office struck…
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German Investigations dropped: Indymedia platform was not a criminal association
The German linksunten.indymedia, founded in 2008, was banned under the Associations Act, and the entire technical infrastructure and funds of a left-wing center were confiscated. Seized storage devices apparently could not be decrypted. Almost five years after the ban of…
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“Thin Blue Line”: German police divided on extremist iconography
An internal paper of the Bavarian Police problematises a symbol which stands for a conspiratorial community of solidarity. According to the paper, it is widespread in right-wing police circles and could violate the principle of neutrality and lead to disciplinary…