2023-05-24 06:34:45
Deutschland
1.4 million euros in donations used for crimes – raid on climate stickers
On Wednesday morning, the German police apparently carried out house searches of members of the “last generation” across the country. The organization keeps blocking roads.
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In Germany, the police searched apartments in seven federal states on Wednesday morning.
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Members of the “last generation” were affected.
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The organization regularly blocks roads in Germany and Austria. In Switzerland, the organization “Renovate Switzerland” is considered a counterpart.
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The German police carried out various house searches on Wednesday morning.
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The target was members of the «last generation».
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A total of 15 properties in seven federal states were searched.
On behalf of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office, investigators carried out a nationwide raid on the last generation on Wednesday. A total of 15 objects in seven federal states were searched, according to the authorities. Four of these searches took place in Berlin, three each in Bavaria and Hesse. In addition, accounts were confiscated and assets secured.
The background to the action is an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, which is said to be directed once morest a total of seven suspects between the ages of 22 and 38. They are being investigated on charges of forming or supporting a criminal organization. According to the prosecution, the procedure was initiated “due to numerous criminal complaints from the population that have been received since mid-2022”.
Fundraising campaign for “further crimes” started
Specifically, the accused are charged with organizing a fundraising campaign to finance “further crimes” for the last generation, this on their website and thereby collecting at least 1.4 million euros in donations. The money was also mainly used to commit other crimes, it said.
Two suspects are also suspected of having tried to sabotage the Trieste-Ingolstadt oil pipeline in April 2022.
This is the “Last Generation”
The activists of the “last generation” regularly block roads in Germany and Austria. According to their own statements, they want to force the respective federal governments to take measures once morest the climate crisis.
As part of the blockades, frustrated passers-by have already started fisticuffs, at times they threw Activists also accused the officers of police violence, although there were no major injuries during the clearing of the climate sticker. In Switzerland, too, the “Renovate Switzerland” group is always taking care of it with its blockades Frustration among drivers – for example with an action on the Gotthard during Easterwhen the traffic situation was already tense.
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