Overview

• German police conducted coordinated raids across seven federal states, arresting four leaders of the 'Kingdom of Germany,' a far-right extremist group.
• The German government officially banned the group, seizing its assets and dismantling its pseudo-state institutions, including its own banking and insurance systems.
• The group, with approximately 6,000 members, sought to replace Germany's constitutional order with a self-declared state based on conspiratorial, anti-democratic ideologies.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt emphasized the group's threat to democracy, citing its efforts to organize 'patriotic brigades' to seize power.
• The operation marks an escalation in Germany's efforts to counter domestic extremist threats, following months of investigation and preparation.