The criminal machinations of several clans are one of the great problems of Berlin. Now, several authorities under the leadership of Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD) have adopted a five-point plan to combat organized crime.

It deals with the creation of an Organized Crime Coordination Center, increased controls on assets and their confiscation, and prevention and exit scenarios for members of extended families. Geisel explained the necessity of the measure by saying that there was an "almost provocative rejection of our rule of law".

This was no longer acceptable. "We are determined to enforce the law and social rules in every part of this city," Geisel said. Criminal members of some of the big clans keep coming up in Berlin through drug trafficking, burglary or robbery.

According to the Senate, the key points of the plan are:

  • Firstly, even minor rule violations in the area of ​​organized crime should be consistently prosecuted and punished.
  • Second, the Attorney General's Office is to set up a special department for the removal of criminal assets. The Senate Department for Finance should be involved, for example to estimate the assets of the criminals.
  • Third, trade controls should be stepped up to prevent money laundering. In this context, the exchange of information will be improved and tax crimes will be consistently displayed. All authorities involved should provide appropriate information to the tax authorities.
  • Fourth, the authorities want to develop concepts that on the one hand discourage young men from entering the criminal career and, on the other hand, offer opportunities for withdrawal.
  • Fifth: The interdepartmental cooperation is fundamental to the measures. In addition to the police and the public prosecutor's office, the tax offices, the job centers, the immigration authorities as well as the district and youth offices of the districts should also be involved. An Organized Crime Coordination Unit will be set up. The office is to be set up at the beginning of December at the Berlin State Office for Criminal Investigation.

According to Geisel, the five-point plan is a "first important step on a long road to combating organized criminal structures." Criticism of the concept came about from the FDP. The action distracts from the actual problem of staff shortages in the police and judiciary, said the domestic spokesman for the parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, Marcel Luthe, according to RBB.

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