Overview

• Official data show recorded right-wing extremist offenses by people up to 24 more than doubled from about 3,200 in 2020 to over 7,100 last year.
• Juvenile suspects aged 14–17 nearly doubled in a year, rising from 1,785 in 2023 to 3,854 in 2024, with roughly 90 percent of suspects male.
• The government names loosely organized groups such as Jung & Stark, Deutsche Jugend Voran, Der Störtrupp and Letzte Verteidigungswelle that mobilize via Instagram, TikTok and Telegram using events like combat sports, hikes and music festivals.
• Officials say these networks conceal ideology behind benign hashtags, can rapidly summon hundreds of youths and increasingly use AI methods to shield activities, with agitation against the LGBTIQ community highlighted as a current focus.
• Police recently raided suspected members of Deutsche Jugend Voran in Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, as Green MPs Schahina Gambir and Marlene Schönberger criticize prevention cuts and seek stronger platform regulation and expanded civic education.