Clan raid in Delmenhorst: Police arrest suspect burglars!

Clan raid in Delmenhorst: Police arrest suspect burglars!

On Tuesday morning, heavily armed and hooded police officers caused excitement in the central urban area of ​​Delmenhorst. A large -scale search campaign brought three suspects behind bars who are suspected of being involved in a serious burglary in Haren (EMS). The arrested, at the age of 24 (two are twins) and one of 42 years, were later taken into custody after they were demonstrated to a judge. According to the public prosecutor's office in Osnabrück and the Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim, the burglary occurred on March 10, in which valuables in the middle five -digit euro range were stolen. Several residential and commercial objects were searched in the course of the raid and evidence that must now be evaluated. The aim of the campaign: combating criminal clan structures that have become more and more focused on security authorities in recent years.

background to clan crime

The raid in Delmenhorst is part of a current wave of measures against the so-called clan crime, which is a growing problem in Germany. Political scientist Mahmoud Jaraba, however, warns against using the term "clan" too easily. In numerous cases, criminal networks with Arabic, Turkish or Kurdish roots are portrayed as homogeneous groups, which according to Jaraba is a misleading view. In reality, these structures have changed over decades and are often more complex than you think. Members of these large families often live in both a subculture and in strong networks with the majority society. Jaraba emphasizes that not all relatives are criminal and many defend themselves against stigmatization associated with the term "clan".

Another aspect of clan crime is the occurrence of so-called "sub-sub-clans" that act within the larger family structures. While some clan members do criminal activities such as theft, fraud or drug trafficking, the majority of the relatives reject such actions and demands a separation from these few perpetrators. However, statistics testify to a worrying increase in organized crime in Germany. The current survey shows that 2023 642 investigation into organized crime has already been initiated, with a considerable part of these procedures concerned with the drug trade

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fight against the clichés

Politics is the responsibility to sharpen the image of these complex phenomena. Since the security authorities in Lower Saxony, Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia do not fundamentally assign clan crime to organize crime, it is important to question the clichés to question these groups. There are countless examples of clan members who pursue successful, legal business and are even active on social media, such as Tikkok. The family members often bring these networks into contact with business people or lawyers, which further relativizes the image of a isolated clan. Parts of society should develop a more differentiated understanding of the complex social dynamics so as not to criminalize the families in general.