Overview

• On July 7, Lorenz Caffier appeared as a witness before Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s state parliamentary inquiry into NSU-related right-wing extremist crimes and networks.
• He defended his relationship with a Güstrow shooting range operator tied to the Nordkreuz prepper group, insisting he had no knowledge of extremist connections.
• Caffier resigned in November 2020 over a weapons scandal involving the same dealer and was fined €13,500 in early 2022 for accepting undue benefits.
• Committee members have repeatedly criticized the delivery of heavily redacted files and are demanding full access to unredacted investigation documents.
• The inquiry continues to pursue leads on a broader right-wing network suspected of enabling the NSU’s murders and bank robberies between 2000 and 2007.