Organized crime

Organized crime

ATMs
  

Number of ATM break-ins declining

26 suspects arrested in 2023 - Attacks on ATMs remain a strategic focus for the police in North Rhine-Westphalia

Combating ATM blasts: SoKo presents interim results

Minister Reul: We are getting better, but blasters continue to endanger the life and limb of innocent people
Clan crime
  
Clan crime
"The state government has set itself the goal of combating the spread of organized gang crime. We are countering criminal members of family clans with a zero-tolerance strategy and maximum control and prosecution pressure. We will make it clear that we will not tolerate any lawless areas or parallel...
Fraud
  
Concept against organized abuse of social benefits presented
Minister Reul: "The times in which unscrupulous criminals were able to exploit the naivety and good faith of the German welfare state are finally over."
Counterfeit money
  
International counterfeit money ring smashed
The investigation is directed against around 80 suspects in Germany and other European countries.
Money laundering
  

Combating money laundering

Money rules the world. Many crimes are only committed to enrich themselves. This always happens at the expense of others. But after the crime, the perpetrator is faced with the second task: the "dirty" proceeds must be laundered. Only when it is no longer possible for the police to trace the route o...

Ministries establish investigative team against terrorist financing, organized crime and money laundering

Joint unit of the Ministries of Finance, the Interior and Justice moves into the State Office of Criminal Investigation / Cooperation agreement between Ministers Lutz Lienenkämper, Herbert Reul and Peter Biesenbach.
Rocker crime
  
Association ban against rockers
With the banning of the "Bandidos MC Federation West Central", all Bandidos chapters in NRW are banned. The NRW police have seized the necessary evidence during various raids in recent months.
Drug-related crime
  
Drug-related crime
The European drug market is growing.
Human trafficking
  
Exploitation and slavery
They come to Germany to find happiness. They end up in dosshouses and are enslaved. Unscrupulous human traffickers smell big business in Germany and exploit the poorest of the poor. They can't defend themselves.
White-collar crime
  

Investigation successes of the "Task Force NRW"

Operation against illegal transfers of millions leads to arrests.

White-collar crime

White-collar crime does not comprise a clearly definable field of offense, but rather a complex area of crime.
Environmental crime
  
Environmental crime
In Germany, the phenomena of environmental crime are prosecuted by the state with the help of criminal law, environmental criminal law and administrative offense law.
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