Organized crime

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Organized crime

Alongside money laundering, property crime and violent crime, international drug trafficking is by far the most important field of activity for OC groups.

Drug-related crime

Organized crime

Various synthetic drugs in front of a colorful blurred background

Drug-related crime

The European drug market is growing.

Money laundering

and counterfeit money

Crime situation pictures

Combating money laundering

Money rules the world. Many crimes are only committed to enrich themselves. This always happens at the expense of others. But after the crime, the perpetrator is faced with the second task: the "dirty" proceeds must be laundered. Only when it is no longer possible for the police to trace the route o...

Organized crime

Ministries establish investigative team against terrorist financing, organized crime and money laundering

Joint unit of the Ministries of Finance, the Interior and Justice moves into the State Office of Criminal Investigation / Cooperation agreement between Ministers Lutz Lienenkämper, Herbert Reul and Peter Biesenbach.

Rocker crime

Organized crime

Association ban against rockers

With the banning of the "Bandidos MC Federation West Central", all Bandidos chapters in NRW are banned. The NRW police have seized the necessary evidence during various raids in recent months.

Human trafficking

Organized crime

Human trafficking

In human trafficking, perpetrators deliberately exploit people's personal or economic predicament in order to exploit them. The victims are left traumatized.

Organized crime

Exploitation and slavery

They come to Germany to find happiness. They end up in dosshouses and are enslaved. Unscrupulous human traffickers smell big business in Germany and exploit the poorest of the poor. They can't defend themselves.

Clan crime

Organized crime

Clankriminalität

Kriminelles Verhalten türkisch-arabischer Clanangehöriger ist Gegenstand der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und verfügt darum neben der polizeilichen auch über politische Relevanz.

Fraud

Organized crime

Concept against organized abuse of social benefits presented

Minister Reul: "The times in which unscrupulous criminals were able to exploit the naivety and good faith of the German welfare state are finally over."

ATMs

Organized crime

Portal for information on ATM blasts

The NRW police have set up an online portal that makes it easy for citizens to submit cell phone images and videos in order to obtain information on ATM blasts from the public at an early stage.

ATM explosions in North Rhine-Westphalia constantly on the decline

Minister Reul: "This is not a lucky coincidence, but the good work of the NRW police.

Organized crime

Number of ATM break-ins declining

26 suspects arrested in 2023 - Attacks on ATMs remain a strategic focus for the police in North Rhine-Westphalia

White-collar crime

Organized crime

Investigation successes of the "Task Force NRW"

Operation against illegal transfers of millions leads to arrests.

Crime situation pictures

White-collar crime

White-collar crime does not comprise a clearly definable field of offense, but rather a complex area of crime.

Organized crime

Korruption

Jährlich richtet Korruption einen beträchtlichen Schaden an – nicht nur materiell, sondern auch immateriell.

Environmental crime

Organized crime

Environmental crime

In Germany, the phenomena of environmental crime are prosecuted by the state with the help of criminal law, environmental criminal law and administrative offense law.