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German police search for suspects in data breach

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:54 +0100

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has started interrogations in possible connection to December’s data breach that hit hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and celebrities.

German police hold 3 refugees 'linked to Paris attackers'

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:29:50 +0200

German police on Tuesday arrested three men with forged Syrian passports accused of being Isis militants and labelled a possible "sleeper cell" with links to the Paris attackers.

German police launch first nationwide hate speech raids

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:10:47 +0200

Authorities have conducted the first ever nationwide raids on people suspected of spreading hate speech on the internet.

Terrorists could use drones to attack football fans: police

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:57:49 +0200

Even football teams are considering taking precautions against drone attacks as the Euro 2016 finals draw closer, according to media reports.

Three children are killed every week in Germany

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:35:28 +0200

In 2015 negligent killing of children rose by 51 percent, while the overall number of victims also rose on 2014, figures published by federal investigators on Wednesday showed.

German squad target for terrorists at Euro 2016: police

Thu, 19 May 2016 17:08:28 +0200

Federal investigators have warned that the German national team could be the target of a terror attack at the European football championship this summer.

Police investigating 40 refugees for terror links

Wed, 11 May 2016 12:07:11 +0200

Federal investigators have opened cases against dozens of people who have arrived in Germany seeking asylum, suspecting Isis connections.

'11 terror plots foiled in Germany since 2000'

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:10:00 +0200

Germans are increasingly concerned as neighbouring countries suffer suicide bombings and shootings. Has the country escaped so far thanks to tough police or by not being a target?

Police blame rise in drug crime on refugee crisis

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:42:03 +0100

Law enforcement have said that they are too stretched dealing with the refugee influx to effectively fight drug dealing, after figures showed a surge in drug-related deaths in 2015.

Politicians in danger from far right warn police

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:37:33 +0200

The Federal Office of Criminal Investigations (BKA) has warned that not only refugees but also people who work with them are under increasing threat from violent far-right groups.

German-Czech police smash crystal meth ring

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:23:00 +0100

Police have arrested 15 in raids and confiscated 2.9 tonnes of the main chemical ingredient used to manufacture crystal meth , it was announced on Thursday.

330 kg of heroin found in pickle shipment

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:07:00 +0200

Police in North Rhine-Westphalia seized a truck smuggling 330 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled in with a 23-tonne shipment of pickled garlic and cucumbers, officials in Essen announced on Thursday.

Police warn against high-tech Islamist attacks

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:50:00 +0200

The Federal Criminal Police Office is warning of a new type of Islamist terrorist threat from the air that could attack both passenger and cargo planes as well as airport facilities, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported.

Data protector 'cannot check police spyware'

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:18:00 +0200

Germany’s top data protection official has complained he cannot test how a spy computer program used by the police works – because the firm that made it will not help him examine it and the police do not have the source code.

Germany elects first ever black mayor

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:50:00 +0200

John Ehret, a black German who used to work for the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Germany’s equivalent of the FBI, is Germany’s first black mayor.

Al-Qaida suspects were 'testing shrapnel bomb'

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:49:00 +0200

German authorities say the three suspected al-Qaida terrorists arrested on Friday were experimenting with building a shrapnel bomb designed to hurt as many people as possible in an attack.

Federal police merger faces growing opposition

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:01:00 +0100

The recently announced decision to merge Germany’s federal police forces is encountering a growing chorus of opposition. Lower Saxony’s interior minister said Tuesday that the country's states would block the reorganization.

Federal police forces set to merge

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:43:00 +0100

After 60 years of fragmented nationwide law enforcement, the two branches of Germany's federal police are set to be brought under one roof.

Reports warn of attack on Reichstag

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:24:00 +0100

Reports are flying through the German media that al-Qaida has sent armed terrorists to Germany to storm the Reichstag, take hostages and kill as many people as possible in a Mumbai-style attack.

Police demand tougher powers to fight child porn on web

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:08:00 +0200

Police are struggling to keep the internet clean of child pornography, with four out of 10 offending sites still accessible in Germany a week after they are posted, media reported Thursday.