The authorities proceed against a group that Chinese is said to have helped to enter Germany. Nine federal states are affected, three people are arrested.
The federal police searched 40 objects in several federal states in connection with smuggling crime. Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Berlin, Hamburg, Bavaria, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia are affected, as the responsible public prosecutor’s office Flensburg and the Federal Police announced. Three people were therefore arrested.
According to the information, the measures are directed against a smuggling group from Schleswig-Holstein. Over a longer period of time, this is said to help a large number of Chinese nationals to make a entry and a permanent stay in Germany against payment and have not only gained a temporary source of income. After completing the measures, the authorities want to inform about further results. There was no further information at first.
The background to the extensive search measures of the Federal Police Inspection Crime fighting Rostock is therefore an investigation of the Flensburg public prosecutor’s office, which has been conducted since October 2023, on suspicion of the commercial and gang-in interlock of foreigners.
Source: Stern
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