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 German police carried out raids on suspected Islamist militants across the country early Tuesday, over allegations they were plotting a violent attack, Berlin prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-police-raid-chechen-islamist-suspects Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:38:10 +0100 german-police-raid-chechen-islamist-suspects Police and the public prosecutor's office raided 16 locations throughout northern Germany on Wednesday in order to target a suspected criminal organization with terrorist links. https://www.thelocal.de/20190911/north-german-homes-raided-over-suspected-links-to-terrorism Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:24:05 +0200 north-german-homes-raided-over-suspected-links-to-terrorism More than 500 police officers have launched a series of raids across the western state of North-Rhine Westphalia, targeting an Iraqi crime gang. https://www.thelocal.de/20190522/police-launch-raids-across-western-germany-targeting-iraqi-motorcycle-gang Wed, 22 May 2019 11:19:19 +0200 police-launch-raids-across-western-germany-targeting-iraqi-motorcycle-gang Authorities have prevented 13 terror attacks planned on German soil in the last nine years, new figures revealed on Wednesday show. https://www.thelocal.de/20190410/terror-in-germany-investigators-have-foiled-13-attacks-since-2010 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:57:52 +0200 terror-in-germany-investigators-have-foiled-13-attacks-since-2010 German police told the media that the goal of the attack was “to kill as many infidels as possible”. https://www.thelocal.de/20190322/police-arrest-11-over-terror-attack-plan Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:23:05 +0100 police-arrest-11-over-terror-attack-plan German federal police launched a crackdown in 12 federal states on human trafficking and organized crime on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20180418/largest-ever-police-action-in-nationwide-crackdown-on-organized-crime Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:58:36 +0200 largest-ever-police-action-in-nationwide-crackdown-on-organized-crime On Tuesday morning, officers in three German states raided properties belonging to “Osmanen Germania” - a Turkish nationalist biker gang with suspected links to Turkey’s President. https://www.thelocal.de/20180313/police-swoop-on-turkish-biker-gang-in-nationwide-raids Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:43:51 +0100 police-swoop-on-turkish-biker-gang-in-nationwide-raids A major deployment of customs and police officers took place on Tuesday morning in North Rhine-Westphalia against organized crime involving illegal work, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20180130/customs-start-large-scale-raids-in-nrw-against-illegal-employment-report Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:08:52 +0100 customs-start-large-scale-raids-in-nrw-against-illegal-employment-report Raids in the nation’s capital have been taking place since early in the morning on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171214/berlin-police-raid-properties-of-suspects-linked-to-isis Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:18:40 +0100 berlin-police-raid-properties-of-suspects-linked-to-isis The G20 in Hamburg was marked by violent clashes between demonstrators and police in several parts of the city. On Tuesday morning police raided properties across the country as part of their investigation into the rioting. https://www.thelocal.de/20171205/police-raid-left-wing-scene-in-8-states-over-hamburg-g20-violence Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:52:08 +0100 police-raid-left-wing-scene-in-8-states-over-hamburg-g20-violence After raids which took place in 13 German states on Wednesday and Thursday in an investigation into an illegal download portal, authorities have blocked usenetrevolution.info - a platform that is believed to have caused millions of euros in losses. https://www.thelocal.de/20171110/illegal-download-portal-shut-down-after-authorities-conduct-nationwide-raids Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:33:32 +0100 illegal-download-portal-shut-down-after-authorities-conduct-nationwide-raids German police searched apartments and business premises in Rostock, Schwerin and the surrounding area on Monday on suspicion that people were involved in the preparation of an act of terrorism. https://www.thelocal.de/20170828/anti-terror-raids-launched-in-mecklenburg-western-pomerania Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:23:48 +0200 anti-terror-raids-launched-in-mecklenburg-western-pomerania German police Wednesday made two arrests, seized guns and shot dead a Doberman attack dog in coordinated raids against the far-right "Reichsbürger" or "Citizens of the Reich" movement, they said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/police-seize-guns-shoot-dog-in-raids-on-far-right-reichsbrger-scene Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:06:02 +0100 police-seize-guns-shoot-dog-in-raids-on-far-right-reichsbrger-scene A man in a small north German town got the shock of his life on Friday morning when special forces stormed his apartment. But their suspicion he was planning a terror attack was a little misplaced. https://www.thelocal.de/20170210/police-conduct-dawn-terror-raid-based-on-fake-facebook-profile Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:53:41 +0100 police-conduct-dawn-terror-raid-based-on-fake-facebook-profile German police on Tuesday raided 200 sites across ten states in a probe against an Islamist group suspected of propagating hate and inciting 140 youths to fight alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20161115/police-raid-200-addressess-linked-to-against-islamist-group Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:49:21 +0100 police-raid-200-addressess-linked-to-against-islamist-group Police forces in five German states carried out raids on Tuesday morning with the aim of tackling the financing of terror groups, police in Thuringia have reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20161025/german-police-carry-out-nationwide-anti-terror-raids Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:22:19 +0200 german-police-carry-out-nationwide-anti-terror-raids Authorities have conducted the first ever nationwide raids on people suspected of spreading hate speech on the internet. https://www.thelocal.de/20160713/german-police-launch-first-nationwide-hate-speech-raids Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:10:47 +0200 german-police-launch-first-nationwide-hate-speech-raids Police confirmed to The Local on Friday that none of the people taken into custody on Thursday were arrested for planning an act of terrorism. https://www.thelocal.de/20160205/no-evidence-of-imminent-attack-on-berlin-chief-spy Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:15:30 +0100 no-evidence-of-imminent-attack-on-berlin-chief-spy Prosecutors have said that Islamists arrested in Berlin and western Germany on Thursday may have been planning an attack on the capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20160204/police-arrest-suspects-for-planning-islamist-terror-attack Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:40:41 +0100 police-arrest-suspects-for-planning-islamist-terror-attack Police searched two apartments in Berlin on Thursday while investigating a suspected planned terrorist attack. In North Rhine-Westphalia a man was also arrested on terror charges. https://www.thelocal.de/20151218/police-hit-two-flats-in-berlin-anti-terror-raids Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:49:25 +0100 police-hit-two-flats-in-berlin-anti-terror-raids