Trial begins after death of asylum seeker 31 years ago
A trial against a German man accused of murder in a 1991 arson attack on a refugee center in Saarlouis begins in Germany today. The fire resulted in the death of a Ghanaian asylum seeker.
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German police dismantle smuggling ring
Investigators in Germany's western state of North Rhine-Westphalia have arrested several suspected smugglers during a raid on Thursday. Two men and one woman were arrested after being issued warrants in the run-up to the operation.
Police in Germany investigate migrant smuggling gang
Police in the German state of Baden-Württemberg on Wedesday carried out raids on 18 apartments and two restaurants thought to be involved in an alleged migrant smuggling gang. One man was arrested.
Germany: Refugee home attacked in arson crime
A residence for refugees in Leipzig became the target of an arson attack while Germany commemorated 30 years since the Rostock-Lichtenhagen racial violence. Leipzig's mayor has said the timing of the attack was not a coincidence.
Germany: Rate of crimes committed by migrants sinks
According to Germany's federal criminal police, the share of immigrants among all criminal suspects has declined for the third year in a row. However, there are major differences between nationalities.
Germany: One attack on refugee center per week
Property damage, propaganda, assault: at least one attack on a refugee reception center takes place in Germany per week. That's according to figures released by the German government. However, the number of attacks has been declining steadily since 2015.
Germany arrests alleged Syrian war criminal
A 54-year-old Syrian man in Berlin is accused of firing a grenade in Damascus in 2014, killing at least seven people. German prosecutors have pursued several war crimes cases.
Europol and German police round up suspected migrant smugglers
The European law enforcement agency Europol has supported German Federal Police and a criminal investigation unit in eastern Germany to dismantle an organized crime group suspected of smuggling migrants from Turkey to Germany along the so-called 'Balkan route.'
Germany charges Syrian with murder over Dresden knife attack
A Syrian man has been charged with murder after a "radical Islamic" attack on two Germans last year. Prosecutors allege that he targeted the tourists for being "infidels."
16 people deported to Pakistan from Germany
16 people, among them 11 convicted criminals, have been deported from Munich to Pakistan, the Bavarian office for asylum announced on Wednesday.
'Disappeared, run away, dead': How gangs trade Vietnamese children, and people, as goods across Europe
"Traded Children" (Handelsware Kind) is a new documentary from Germany’s public broadcaster ARD / RBB. It investigates the story behind the trafficking of minors and young adults who are being regularly traded like goods from Vietnam to Europe.
Germany: Police round up suspects from international people smuggling ring
More than 400 police officers were involved in raids in four different German states and Austria against an international people smuggling ring on Tuesday morning. The ring is thought to have trafficked more than 100 people, mostly from Syria, illegally into Germany. Five suspects were arrested, a total of 19 are being investigated.