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The raids had been going on since six in the morning: in Berlin and Brandenburg, hundreds of police forces took action against members of organized crime.
They searched over 20 apartments and houses and arrested two suspects.
Tax investigators and special forces were also involved in the raids.
Benjamin Jendro, spokesman for the police union:
“You set out across the various authorities. It's not just the police, it's other agencies too. And that's very, very important. This has also been promoted as a political goal. And that is very, very good that the rule of law is now showing that it is there. Because the problems we have today, this rampant organized crime, is a result of the fact that the rule of law has looked the other way too often, for too long. "
According to the attorney general, the raids also involve violence among clans last year.
According to information from SPIEGEL and SPIEGEL TV, the focus is on a member of the Remmo clan.
Thorsten Cloidt, Chief Public Prosecutor:
“The whole thing is a dispute between people of Russian nationality of Chechen origin and people of Arab origin or Arab people. And this dispute was then implemented accordingly in the investigative sense today. "
According to the investigators, the strike against organized crime members was successful.
The network is said to have not only traded drugs on a large scale, but also war weapons.
Georg Bauer, Chief Public Prosecutor:
“It's all about serious crime. It's about gang crime. It's about classic OK with all of its characteristics, all of its OK indicators. And I can only repeat it again: The investigative authorities were very pleased with these findings, to put it cautiously. "
The targeted action was preceded by months of investigative work.
The Federal Criminal Police Office has been evaluating data from cracked crypto cell phones for almost a year.
Criminals used encrypted cell phones and the Encrochat messenger service for illegal business.
Before the service was stopped, the BKA had been secretly reading along for months.
Since then, there have been repeated raids in the criminal milieu.
The police union welcomes the development.
The officers are now not only taking action against serious crime, but are also active in everyday, minor offenses.
Benjamin Jendro, Police Union spokesman:
“You go to a shisha bar and discover violations. You go against second-row Parker. You go to barber shops. And that's exactly this pinprick policy that you follow. And that leads to uncertainty in the scenery. That is why they have violent clashes. And then of course you also see a bit of a displacement. We want that too. We want to make organized crime as unattractive as possible. Because only then can we defeat him. "