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Planned demonstrations on October 31: Will there be massive looting on Saturday, as in France? The Federal Criminal Police Office has a clear answer
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In the event of a coalition: Young Union wants to exclude the Red-Green-Red coalition in Berlin from BKA information
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Key FactsYoung Union demands security-data cutoff for possible Berlin coalition
Oct 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The unanimously approved Young Union proposal would exclude a red-green-red Berlin government from domestic-intelligence and BKA information.
- It also calls for a federal body to document alleged violations of law and legal perversion by Berlin’s government.
- The Young Union additionally demands immediate implementation of the planned ban on socialization through federal legislation.
- The Left, Greens and SPD concluded exploratory talks Saturday and now intend to begin coalition negotiations.
Whoever wants democracy in our country to be protected must not hold talks with, nor enter into a coalition with, such left-wing radicals.— Friedrich Merz, CDU leader, at the Deutschlandtag in Bonn
Espionage, sabotage, repression: New defense center records hundreds of attacks on Germany
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BKA investigator reveals: Every mobile phone user makes this mistake: Carsten Meywirth is a cybercrime expert at the BKA. A conversation about new online scams ...
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Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA): Indications of criminal online content more than halved | LUDWIGSBURG24
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Warning about the online network "The COM": | "The child can then go from victim to perpetrator"
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Car dealerships targeted by fraudsters: ZDK calls for BKA task force: Copied car dealership websites, stolen identities, cross-border criminal groups – fraud ...
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Japan extradites Russian man to Germany over role in Qilin ransomware group: Japan extradited 28-year-old Russian national Vladimir K. to Germany ...
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The August Hanning case: At 6:51 a.m., the BKA arrives at the property of the suspected traitor
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The number is decreasing - | but hundreds of Islamist threats remain: In Germany, 408 people are considered Islamist threats. The Federal Government provides ...
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Cost increase for Ostfeld: Subsidy requirement grows by €76 million: The eastern field will be considerably more expensive, according to the latest calculations ...
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Searches in several German states - | Raid in Kiel: Customs and police officers search a Kiel restaurant during the night.
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🏙️ How do we want to live? 🏡 Currently, everything at Werkraum Wiesbaden (former SportScheck, Langgasse 5-9) revolves around the question of what a sustainable ... Show more
Former BND chief arrested: What the Block case investigations have to do with it: The former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), August Hanning ...
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Key FactsFormer BND chief Hanning arrested on espionage suspicions
Oct 6, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- In the Block case, Hanning had already been suspected of involvement in a failed abduction attempt; he denied it.
- According to the current investigation, Hanning allegedly sold nearly 2,000 classified BND documents by June 2022.
- Security expert Birgit Jennen says he monetized his security expertise and contacts in the private sector after leaving the BND.
- At least one customer reportedly represented a foreign power; Spiegel reported suspected contact between Hanning and an agent from Azerbaijan.
He used his security expertise and the contacts built during his time at the BND, and then monetized them in the private sector.— Birgit Jennen, security expert, on Hannings post-BND activities (in the context of the book project 'Putin's Puppets')
Fuel theft: Austrian drivers honest at the pumps despite record fuel prices: Filling up and then driving off: some drivers have recently done this in response to ...
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“Killer children” as “disposable perpetrators”: Young, remote-controlled, and cheap
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The 10 most dangerous cities in Germany: Neither Berlin nor Frankfurt am Main in first place: These are the top 10 most dangerous cities in Germany according to ...
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Wiesbaden: Evacuation after discovery of two World War II bombs: Two US bombs were found at the future BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office) site ...
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German police report links Turkish crime networks to Ankara, warns of 'Gen-Z Mafia' - Nordic Monitor
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German police official poised to take helm of Europol: German police official Jürgen Ebner is set to become the next head of the European Union's law enforcement ...
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Perpetrators often underage: Federal Criminal Police Office registers more violence "on commission"
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BKA report: Organized crime causes record damage - | Perpetrators are getting younger
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Barnim: IS supporter arrested for planning an attack: The Federal Prosecutor General's Office, acting on an arrest warrant issued by the Federal Court of ...
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Germany - | a good place to live: Germany is often criticized - | for bureaucracy, long waiting times and complicated rules. But those who focus on the things ...
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Explosions and shootings: Gang crime on the rise in Germany - | as in the greater Cologne area
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Frankfurt's nightlife with dazzling stars: Zum zweiten Mal ermittelt Thelma Buabeng als titelgebende BKA-Beamtin im ZDF. „Die Polizistin und die Todesstille“ ...
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Sabotage in Germany: Authorities register 165 suspected cases of sabotage: The cases recorded this year include manipulated power lines and railway tracks ...
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Paid articlePaywall Turkish "Gen Z gangs" allegedly behind 20 crimes: So-called "Gen Z gangs" are allegedly behind around 20 crimes in North Rhine-Westphalia ...
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Am Sonntag (30.08.) ist Internationaler Tag der Verschwundenen. In Deutschland gab es Anfang Januar rund 9.100 Vermisstenfälle, so das Bundeskriminalamt ... Show more
State surveillance: How authorities read WhatsApp and other apps: Surveillance without government trojans: So-called account cloning enables authorities to read ...
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Leipzig/Halle Airport: Investigators apparently discover third drone with explosives
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Key FactsInvestigators reportedly find third explosive drone near Leipzig
Aug 25, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: trib.al
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: trib.al
- At the beginning of August, an explosive-laden drone was found in the security area of Leipzig’s cargo operation near several Ukrainian cargo aircraft.
- Media reports citing investigators say a second drone may have collided minutes later with a DHL cargo aircraft, which was found to have corresponding damage.
- A third drone was reportedly found ten days after the incident in a field in Kabelsketal, west of the airport.
- Investigators reportedly discovered a substance at that site which initial assessments suggested could have been about 50 grams of the high-explosive military compound RDX.
One of Germany's most wanted drug traffickers was arrested in Málaga during a joint operation by the National Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office ... Show more
Terrorist sympathizer in the Feuchtwangen nursing home? How the investigations stand in the Al-Qaeda case
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SUDO · From Student to Darknet Boss - | Season 1 of the series - | Stream now!: The ARD Crime Time documentary series tells the story from multiple perspectives ...
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Key FactsNew Security Measures Target Islamist Threats
Jul 28, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: faz.net
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: faz.net
- Interior Minister Dobrindt swiftly took charge after the Berlin attack and announced extensive preventive strategies.
- The proposed preventive detention model from Bavaria allows holding suspects up to two months to stop attacks.
- Electronic ankle monitors would track movements and alert authorities if a threat approaches sensitive events.
- Revisions to youth criminal law aim to impose stricter penalties on young offenders currently receiving lenient sentences.
In our assessment, the measure here is really being completely lost, and we must also ensure that, even in difficult times, we protect the rights of innocent citizens.— Pascal Meiser, Left party MP, commenting on Bavaria's preventive custody rule (Unterbindungsgewahrsam)
Attack on CSD: Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) classified Abdul B. as a "high-risk person"
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Key FactsBerlin’s Response to CSD Attack: Security and Social Impact
Jul 28, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesspiegel.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesspiegel.de
- Investigators discovered an IS allegiance video on Abdul Ballout’s phone and reconstructed his escape path through central Berlin.
- Security agencies monitored Ballout before the attack but eased surveillance due to lack of imminent threat signs.
- The Khadija Mosque in Berlin is hosting events against Islamism, while CDU and CSU advocate stricter controls on extremist groups and monitoring methods.
- The attack sparked widespread solidarity and is expected to influence political dynamics ahead of upcoming regional elections.
"That Islam has been instrumentalized for this atrocious act fills us with double grief. It is all the more important now to decisively confront extremism and not allow extremists to dictate the interpretation of Islam," is quoted Imam Scharjil Khalid in a statement.— Imam Scharjil Khalid, in a statement
Setting up Germany's largest darknet marketplace in his bedroom. Sounds like an unrealistic episode of "Tatort"? Not for Louis! The student from Lower ... Show more
Explosives in a can: BKA figures reveal the true extent of the drone threat at airports
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Key FactsBKA cites low four-figure drone-overflight total
Aug 7, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
- Experts fear an even higher number of unrecorded cases, according to the report, because Germany’s states apply the term “drone as a means of crime” differently.
- German Air Traffic Control recorded 166 airport disruptions in the first half of 2026, exceeding the total for all of 2024.
- A worker found a drone late Tuesday evening near Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, with Bild reporting that Semtex was hidden in a prepared tin and video analysis indicating the device went unnoticed for more than four hours.
- The Federal Prosecutor General’s Office took over the investigation because of its national-security significance, while Thomas Röwekamp called for central responsibility and Peter Neumann demanded more decisive political action.
We need centralized responsibility instead of a multitude of federal air-security authorities.— Thomas Röwekamp (CDU), Chair of the Defence Committee; according to AFP regarding the call for centralized responsibility
"Are you crazy?": Fabian case: Defendant insults her sister in the courtroom: After a four-week break, the trial concerning the murder of Fabian continues ...
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Online banking: BKA and ZIT uncover huge fraud network: It only took a gang four days to defraud German bank customers of millions of euros ...
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Millions in fraud against bank customers: Investigators dismantle network: A group of criminals is alleged to have defrauded bank customers of millions ...
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BKA takes action: German bank accounts plundered through security vulnerability - | Golem.de
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Study: Migration does not increase crime: Researchers at UC Irvine analyzed 11,500 US boroughs over eight years. The result is consistent with German data from ...
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Preparing young men for “race war”: German security authorities warn of radical “Active Clubs”
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Key FactsAuthorities Alert on Extremist Active Clubs in Germany
Jul 25, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Numerous regional Active Clubs emerged in Germany since spring 2024 to attract young men to right-wing extremist beliefs through sports activities.
- These clubs facilitate cross-party networking among extremists and subtly radicalize members by promoting fitness and ideals of white supremacy.
- Patrick Schröder from the neo-Nazi party 'Die Heimat' devised a strategy to establish these clubs, which include combat sports training for a supposed race war.
- The movement is visible on social media with 22 clubs listed, though their true level of activity is uncertain, with authorities warning of significant violence risks.
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Financial losses from phone scams climb in Germany in 2025 ｜ DPA: Financial losses from phone scams in which fraudsters impersonate police officers or relatives ...
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CSD attack: Expert sees fatal flaws in the system - | and counts far more potential threats than the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
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During Merz's visit to the Ahr Valley: Was the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) responsible for cordoned-off areas for the press?
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Investigators reach their limits: AI drives youth pornography cases to record highs
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Situation report on child abuse: Number of victims rises to more than 17,000 in 2025
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After attack on CSD in Berlin: Calls for tougher measures against Islamist threats
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Millions of cell phones are stolen in Germany every year; a simple everyday object is now making them even more difficult to find
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Police dismantle Kratos phishing platform, arrest developer: Authorities in Germany and the U.S. dismantled the central infrastructure of Kratos ...
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The village of Müschenbach honors the Nazi Paul Dickopf: The former SS-Untersturmführer Paul Dickopf made a career at the Federal Criminal Police Office and ...
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Predominantly girls as victims: 17,126 registered offenses - | more cases of child abuse in Germany
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More cases of child sexual abuse: The Federal Criminal Police Office has registered an increase in cases of child and adolescent sexual abuse for 2025 ...
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Federal Criminal Police Office: Secret document reveals new series of sabotage against the Bundeswehr
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AI playing a growing role in child sexual abuse, German report warns: German authorities have warned that AI is increasingly being used to facilitate the sexual ...
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More and more children are becoming victims: Federal Criminal Police Office reports alarming figures on sexual violence
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Around 2,000 visitors enjoyed rock and metal at the "Haahepper" open-air festival. The event was a success for the 42nd time – also thanks to the many ... Show more
Sexual offenses against children and young people: Why the numbers remain high: A young woman sits with a cuddly toy in her arms in the Childhood House ...
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Germany records over 17,000 cases of child sex abuse in 2025: The number of registered cases of child sexual abuse in Germany has risen significantly over the ...
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Federal Criminal Police Office: More than 20,000 children and young people victims of sexual abuse
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When genetic engineering kills: ARD bestseller adaptation raises major ethical questions
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Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) raid in Feuchtwangen: Arrest in retirement home - | On a mission for Al-Qaeda?
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Paid articlePaywallFake sergeant in the inbox: Fake BKA emails circulating: Scammers threaten imprisonment
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EU Parliament halts chat monitoring for child protection: Investigators and service providers are uncertain about how to stop online child sexual abuse ...
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AI against crime: Police to receive more digital powers: The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Federal Police are to receive more digital tools for ...
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Drugged and abused: These are the tips the BKA gives victims: International investigators have arrested numerous men who are alleged to have drugged and sexually ...
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Covert surveillance: Government breaks its silence on silent SMS: After years of secrecy, the Interior Ministry has once again released a figure on the ...
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Investigators take malware offline: According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), three of the most dangerous malware variants have been taken offline ...
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Almost 100 attacks on German transport infrastructure: The Federal Criminal Police Office registered significantly more attacks in 2025 than in previous years ...
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