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ZDF Documentary Reveals Clan Infiltration of German Police and Customs

Officials are probing several officers accused of trading internal secrets for cash and luxury goods

Kriminelle Clans in Deutschland
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Overview

  • The film presents exclusive evidence that clan networks have cultivated ties inside both police forces and customs agencies
  • Investigations are targeting officers suspected of leaking service secrets and covering clan drug operations in return for bribes
  • Clan structures now operate in every federal state, using massive illegal revenues to expand from rural provinces to affluent suburbs
  • Interviews with LKA analysts and frontline officers describe a crisis of confidence as personnel fear internal sabotage
  • The BKA warns that kinship-based clan hierarchies can override legal norms, a form of corruption Transparency International calls unprecedented