40 objects searched
Raid due to smuggling crime in several federal states
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.
In connection with smuggling crime, the federal police searched 40 objects in several federal states. 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 federal police, about half of the searches in Schleswig-Holstein ran, here there were also all arrests, including two in North Friesland and one in Harrislee.
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.
100 people are said to have been locked to Germany
According to information from security circles, the accused wealthy Chinese are said to have taken care of specialists by pretending supposed employment relationships. In this way – including family members – around 100 people are said to have been locked to Germany.
In North Rhine-Westphalia there have been an investigation into a gang of smuggling for a long time. It is said to have procured wealthy Chinese and rich people from Oman’s residence permits for Germany. The investigators suspect that Schleuser could have bribed officials in authorities in order to receive the desired residence permit for their foreign clients against six -digit amounts.
Last July, the investigators revealed that 16 suspects in the area of local authorities were investigated. A total of 187 accused was investigated at the time. The public prosecutor had confiscated the “Pascha” Cologne Grand Bordell in the course of the investigation. The “Pascha” is said to have been bought by a Chinese investor in 2021.
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Source: Stern
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