01.12.2021 – 10:35
State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate
Mainz (ots)
For the seventh time, the investigative authorities in Germany are taking action against criminal content on the Internet in a nationwide coordinated action coordinated by the BKA. Since this morning, police authorities in all federal states have been carrying out a total of 90 investigative measures, including house searches and interrogations. Investigative authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate are also involved in these measures. Under the leadership of the Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office, State Central Office for Combating Terrorism and Extremism (ZeT_rlp), five apartments of five suspects were searched in Rhineland-Palatinate. The reason for the investigation is the suspicion of sedition, public incitement to criminal offenses and the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations on the Internet. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the State Criminal Police Office is coordinating the measures in Ludwigshafen, in the municipalities of Herrstein-Rhaunen and Höhr-Grenzhausen, in Wittlich and in Mainz. During the searches, evidence, namely cell phones and other data carriers, was seized, which now has to be evaluated. In addition, reference is made to the press release by the Federal Criminal Police Office on the day of hate postings. Link to the press release of the BKA:
Background:
In a circular dated October 20, 2017, the Ministry of Justice founded the State Central Office for Combating Terrorism and Extremism in Rhineland-Palatinate at the Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office. As a regional central office, it is originally responsible for processing the proceedings submitted to it by the Federal Public Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice in accordance with Section 142a (2) of the Courts Constitution Act (GVG). In this respect, she is also responsible for handling proceedings from the Saarland. It is also responsible for the processing of investigative proceedings of particular importance, particular difficulty or particular scope in the areas of terrorism and extremism and can take over proceedings that meet these criteria at any time. Since October 1st, 2021, the state central office has also been responsible for hate crime proceedings under the aforementioned conditions.
Hate crime is criminal offense in which, after assessing the circumstances of the act and / or the attitude of the perpetrator, there are indications that they have been committed against a person because of their ascribed or actual nationality, ethnicity, skin color, religious affiliation, worldview, physical and / or psychological handicap or impairment, sexual orientation and / or sexual identity, political attitude, attitude and / or commitment, their external appearance or social status and the offense is thus causally related or, in this context, is directed against an institution / cause or any other object.
Press information:
Attorney General Dr. Jürgen Brauer 0261 / 1307-30100
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Press information:
Attorney General
Dr. Jürgen Brauer
0261/1307-30100
Original content by: Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz, transmitted by news aktuell
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