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How Berlin's crime clans are targeting refugees: Special report

Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a new generation of refugees for recruitment.

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Germany among mafia raid hits in huge police operation

Police arrested dozens of people in Europe, including Germany, and South America in a "decisive hit" against Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia group, officials said Wednesday.

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700 police officers conduct raids across NRW over Hells Angels ban

A large-scale operation on Wednesday involving over 700 police officers including special forces is still underway. Dozens of flats and shops in North Rhine-Westphalia in areas with a heavy Hells Angels presence have been searched.

Crime

Italian mafia quadruples presence in Germany over less than decade

German intelligence agencies believe that the Italian mafia have clearly increased their presence in the Bundesrepublik since 2008.

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'The mafia are invisible but almost everywhere in Germany', experts say

Ten years after one of the bloodiest mafia shoot-outs in Germany, Italian and German politicians and researchers gathered in Berlin to discuss how to combat such criminal groups that still have a solid presence in the Bundesrepublik.

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Police storm Hells Angels clubhouse with armoured vehicle

Police in Cologne performed a raid on the clubhouse of the Hells Angels biker gang, using a specially modified armoured vehicle, and uncovered a stash of weapons and money.

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Munich police crack gang behind up to fifth of all German burglaries

Police in Munich claim to have cracked a European-wide burglary cell thought to be responsible for as many as a fifth of all burglaries in Germany.