https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a new generation of refugees for recruitment. https://www.thelocal.de/20181218/arab-refugees-in-sights-of-berlins-crime-clans Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:17:00 +0100 arab-refugees-in-sights-of-berlins-crime-clans Police arrested dozens of people in Europe, including Germany, and South America in a "decisive hit" against Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia group, officials said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181205/germany-among-mafia-raid-hits-on-wednesday Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:15:53 +0100 germany-among-mafia-raid-hits-on-wednesday A large-scale operation on Wednesday involving over 700 police officers including special forces is still underway. Dozens of flats and shops in North Rhine-Westphalia in areas with a heavy Hells Angels presence have been searched. https://www.thelocal.de/20171018/700-police-officers-conduct-raids-across-nrw-over-hells-angels-ban Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:29:56 +0200 700-police-officers-conduct-raids-across-nrw-over-hells-angels-ban German intelligence agencies believe that the Italian mafia have clearly increased their presence in the Bundesrepublik since 2008. https://www.thelocal.de/20170816/italian-mafia-quadruples-presence-in-germany-over-less-than-decade Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:34:59 +0200 italian-mafia-quadruples-presence-in-germany-over-less-than-decade Ten years after one of the bloodiest mafia shoot-outs in Germany, Italian and German politicians and researchers gathered in Berlin to discuss how to combat such criminal groups that still have a solid presence in the Bundesrepublik. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/the-mafia-are-invisible-but-almost-everywhere-in-germany-experts-say Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:47:27 +0200 the-mafia-are-invisible-but-almost-everywhere-in-germany-experts-say Police in Cologne performed a raid on the clubhouse of the Hells Angels biker gang, using a specially modified armoured vehicle, and uncovered a stash of weapons and money. https://www.thelocal.de/20170601/police-storm-hells-angels-clubhouse-with-armoured-vehicle Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:54:39 +0200 police-storm-hells-angels-clubhouse-with-armoured-vehicle Police in Munich claim to have cracked a European-wide burglary cell thought to be responsible for as many as a fifth of all burglaries in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170523/munich-police-crack-criminal-cell-responsible-for-fifth-of-all-german-burglaries Tue, 23 May 2017 17:55:06 +0200 munich-police-crack-criminal-cell-responsible-for-fifth-of-all-german-burglaries