i and i'm ready to dive into the hands of humans. we 2 of you one you have you have a one, the front porch and the unexpected side to side the europe in the fight against the mafia. the police of stepping up efforts to come back. the collaboration interactive, the efforts november 2023. the mafia. investigation committee in the syringe in state parliament summoned unimportant witness. a form, a judge from the district court was called to testify about his friendship with an italian restaurant and in the 2 thousands. the 2 was so close that the judge was

not only a regular customer, but also the restaurant as legal adviser. today, more than 20 years later, the judge sees nothing reprehensible about it. it was who just the homeless act to friendship. he explains to the committee. only his friend was considered by the gym and federal police to be a member of the in try and get to the dangerous criminal organization from calabria . the same in that and get to that was being investigated by a special committee of inquiry for the 1st time and jim and parliamentary history. politicians were committed to shedding lights on the global mafia organization, pursuit faced obstacles. this is the daughter this has and this been one of those being signed documents ended on this cuz we regularly come up against the restriction of the state board is not we can only deal with matters that are in some way related to through india and of course this excludes operations baton, not directly related to through india. when would it be on state who it is?

we can only add limited pieces of the puzzle coming down the middle of that but didn't push them to pull the title that open. so for me, let's get them to myself it. we're dealing with a mafia organization that's operating worldwide. it's not limited to you or full gemini, it's about worldwide operations. so as far as the looks up by the prototype, just as police investigate has come up against state board is for example, kind of we in the committee of inquiry on limited to the guns for stick or we can only ever and cover a fraction of all the entanglements of this complex mafia organization. this makes it difficult for us to assess things past certain points optic and actually see the big picture. yeah. first, the 1st time it was in operation fee to the federal criminal police conduct to germany's 1st major investigation into the mafia. they targeted 7 italians suspect to forming a local and try and get to group in efforts and believe to be responsible for the

mass fee is money laundering operations. during the feeder operation, the federal police will be k a t something once those impossible. 5 on the come to investigate has infiltrate typically the attorney and cut up in yet he would amazed . but suddenly ephito came to a halt. putney juice, a cumbersome requests for mutual legal assistance with italy, and apparently because of the sensitivities in the syringe and public prosecutor's office. the committee of inquiry tried to find out why several requests the mutual legal assistance between germany additionally formed the basis of co operation in the fight against the mafia, which is active on a global scale. see, do was quietly terminated in 2002 and 4 years later, the proceedings were officially was put in sign in or whole par, uh, we'd have to use dates in all, but as the police forces and the judiciary in europe have made significant advances here and what this has partly to do with the wealth of experience, a crew during the crack down on organized crime in the 1990s in early 2,

thousands european authorities such as europe, whole for example, and euro just on the judicial side. put in place processes that enable direct cooperation, which makes necessary rapid operational cooperation possible. this can happen via european investigation orders, where criminal procedural measures of other countries can be carried out in germany and vice versa. shop, which is why mon or we're joint investigation teams are partnered with other countries because organized crime is never regional guidelines on between scope. and it's certainly not just about the individual state or germany as a whole. that, you know, it's usually at least at the european level, and often even the global level be just everything is tightly networked, especially regarding the flow of money from the criminal structures. and clientele typically, and that's where with international cooperation, we've made

a big step forward. adults in feel i'm following causes to invite them to another 5 as see to was just the beginning. an inability to act meant the mafia became rooted in effort. but the information gathered by the federal police and the syringe and state police office at the time will be decisive. 20 years later, as we'll see, operations to the italians take action against the and i get to from t rowe in calabria. almost a $170.00 men are arrested, including 11 in germany. the challenges mfc a membership attempted murder and extortion. with links to buttons looking back has the end of area serene g a to was involved. the investigation showed the suspected my fios, the a black mailing all the restroom toes in germany. not just that is coming from italy, possibly a gym and businessmen to the coolest pulse they using the do. spoke mexico as a leverage in 2007, 6 italians died in a shoot house and do split close by

a family feud. for the 1st time, the in blankets had took up in germany, a huge mistake from this point on in blankets. it could be targeted by jim and police. so they have to go into hiding and a good 11 years later, used those brutal murders to switching german and calabria and entrepreneurs. a russ kind of being heavy, investigating calabria, the has cno socrates help. there were tally and colleagues with information, but otherwise can do nothing. but this information proved important. it was the only way operations could show how the end did. i get to what able to establish themselves that, that k, if it doesn't have to be fine, we must food on the, in this investigation, thanks to our use of the legislation and therefore the tools of cooperation. we were able to identify a large number of members of the input on utah from it to you. the role in the province of crow tony who have been based in germany for years and what have

definitely got to be done. use it and change your mind. yeah, it could be of the, of, on all they have a stablished themselves. they are mainly in the commercial and wine sector. and that's a political message john. and it's a totally new when the use of the moment, including during this phase, we did not see any particularly violent behavior on german territory. but we were able to identify consolidated investments in the food and wine trait which had existed in germany for years. and even simpler the loudest thoughts you want to make commission for low to be an equally like one toddler. ok don and your my don't know the collaboration allowed us to identify a in that and get the structure that had been in place for several years. chuckling cynthia, which was a remarkable result of what i mean that i can get out just south of that event, c, r u k. everything was here, as i've always worked out the way they can. you know, things of the fight against the mafia always depends on the commitment of

individual investigators, as the said and largest operation against the in that i get that to date also showed operation fully. no police officers from full countries took action against the mafia. that targets plans from some luca, the collab re insulate juice. they paid a central role in the feeder operation. the 14 men were arrested in germany alone. this time, it was about international cocaine trafficking from south america through european ports. 4 tons of cocaine were confiscated. and once again, the trail led back to efforts the fight against the and drank it to became a joint endeavor. a joint investigation team for it was set top which allowed information to flow faster and more directly. the thirty's involved could sit together at one table. fully no marks, a turning point in european police work. in germany,

the focus was in the state of north rine west failure. there might have been since, because we now understand how our italian colleagues work and in particular we become closer collaborators. it started with the deuced board motors and then continued through various operations such as pulling on it's, it's very important to understand the legal system of our italian colleagues. and to incorporate the knowledge that are telling colleagues have accrued about all kinds of mafia structures into our work that will lead to success. and it's meant for a 2nd key to success late in the hague, in the netherlands home to the european police will still receive your report. sykes, to its help pulling the, was the 1st internationally coordinated operation against the in that and get to law enforcement agencies from several countries came together to fight an international criminal syndicates on an international level. we have to do with what we have and for sure, i'm a strong believer in the fact that this corporation that this international

corporation, which we all doing every day here, is really the future of producing. i think that you cannot walk in use or nation. you have 2 of your law enforcement agencies working at a very low quarter level in the communities and so on. but it's uh you have to have also some false ease to go for international cooperation and to see the, the issues, the 2 of the criminal issues from a global desperate to you. and this is what the said, john, see your opponent is doing every day since 2020 a trial has been ongoing in the so called temperate bunk of the so to of higher regional codes, this is explicitly a c, a trial, something the public prosecutor's office attaches great importance to 14 men has

been charged. most of them with mafia connections of whom 5 are alleged in that i get to see the trial takes time and does a massive undertaking for the public prosecutor's office. the translation of autonomy and documents alone has cost $2500000.00 euros. so far, the legal file is 400000 pages long. it's quite the challenge for the defense slow is to the all pull blame a these are 5, and then those might of it's in my view, the main problems with these proceedings or the defendants are brought together, who's simply shouldn't be together in the dock. if the 2 sports public prosecutor's office hadn't stubbornly fixated on the idea of mafia and co, we would have been through with a whole case long ago. with such quantities of cocaine involved, there wouldn't be heavy prison sentences either way. i was calling the idea of criminal organization and mafia persecution, then would no longer play such a decisive role in the sentencing off last. but that's exactly the point. judges,

usually reluctant to charge someone under section $1.00 to $9.00, which talk it so good, nice to crime and jim and rule because it's often difficult to prove the penalties a comparatively low lowest ones on does he turn? 60 italian law enforcement authorities have also had their difficulties in putting together mafia struck tours and describing them, especially from a traditional point of view for us. it's now been around 10 years since the 1st sentences of the highest courts in italy, established that the in drawing get to even exist details here too. it's been a long journey and we are currently in the process of exchanging views on this in order to present it as to the german judiciary accordingly, to present to you authoration platinum. the proceedings are conducted in buttons, looking back and 2 in again, it's involved cocaine trafficking and comes from some luca again with connections to syringe you at this time the allegations when money laundering on tax evasion

continued. this order is due to the appeal and the way it worked was that the criminal group, which the italian investigating authorities are tribute to the in the wrong utah in organized crime group in italy, sold food to retailers without an invoice, sometimes telling them you which organization they belong to and where they came from the cold. and the sales tax that was due was listed on invoices of the retailers, but never pay based on the state of. i'm just off the field. tax evasion and money laundering other main ways in which the fios in germany attract attention to themselves. the trial for international drug trafficking took place in italy. the med smuggled the drugs from south america via the netherlands, belgium, and the poets of humbug to calabria. but the trial and constance was special for another reason for the 1st time in the gym and justice system, the and drank it to what directly named in a verdict, the mafia has been active in gemini for more than 60 years. finally, there's a legal proof. thanks to

a public prosecutor's office and the court recognized its importance. he doesn't get out a new story here when his eyes to the end that i don't get to have a history on. which means there is a traditional system of values enormously that are practiced in germany and detectable images of the field. now it's easier for the german law enforcement authorities to name the and drug test, specifically a new man. all we need is a judicial decision that the in drawing it to exist before you so far. there's only the 34 page verdict from the constance district court from i'm there still needs to be progress and ensuring that you did sharing names them directly. students which would allow the in drug test to be targeted by law enforcement authorities, if they suspect their involvement of a full studies in front of that, it is still service, he's was struggling. what's about civil society? how can it be mobilized to fight the mafia if nobody can see the criminal organization every year, the syringe, in green policy organizes and information day and effort. coinciding with the committee of inquiry,

the experts one to show how the in trying to to operate and how they have successfully infiltrated and continue to infiltrate. jim and society disguised as nice restaurant says or close friends of magistrates. mock with triple d is here to spread awareness most fema mafia exploration in mind. you have to talk about them off you after you have to build an anti mafia culture masked, the mafia has shown itself in germany, and it's important for the population, especially young people to recognize the mafia in order to better flight attendant . only the best such will become germany as a mafia country, but many to see it deal socrates investigation, see chris and the general public isn't tim foamed people on to way one way to change that just by teaching school children to learn how organized crime is attacking the economy and democracy, but he had to courageous people that needed to take this on in the police,

the public prosecutor's office, or among teachers. this team my mafia. we actually deal with the topic of the mafia in casa in italian lessons. and it's specifically in the curriculum on the i because this now effects around region away from italy and suddenly in germany. and of course it's a topic that we have to talk about to simply create awareness. and that's why i want to inform myself so that i couldn't turn in for my students for me. and on the day, off to the info day, in october 2023, a stones throw away from the venue in efforts the state police of north ryan west failure, searched and apartment west central. its honey. and so i registered once again and asked what operation gentlemen's his joints? police operation in italy and frank foot timeline showed that in blankets a clans listed involved in the drug trade, despite the pressure to prosecute them. they public be relied on chinese groups

from money transfers in deals that were arranged from frankfurt offices, confiscated goods, with almost 4000000 euros. for 5 years, frank foot police have been investigating the suspected murphy ozy and their associates. they've picked up on money transfers in inconspicuous residential areas . despite the previous quote, decisions and experience. international cooperation is once again proving challenging done this is not to of course it's important to have a discourse with our italian colleagues. but the language barrier can be a challenge because not all officers of the italian police speak english about this . all this makes communication difficult because then there are other legal requirements that complicate matters to us in italy. proceedings are conducted exclusively by the public prosecutor's office. and the police can only work under their direction. so in germany,

the public prosecutor's office is in charge of the proceedings. but the work or the ideas usually come from the police on, on another point which is also very important is personnel college. but if you need the right personnel, those in terms of quantity and quality, and for that you need to have enough resources on the gym and police, but watching a meeting between suspected murphy abuses in a pizzeria. this time, many of the observations came from the gym and police note from italy, as is so often the case. together, they then reconstructed the money trail and drug roots of the suspected and drank a t c. and they found connections all the way to africa. diplomat from guinea, beside apparently smuggled drugs for the my fios the, they mentioned frank. so that to arrange the deal and zone i just a money because he didn't know school nearby. so does he's the son of a former president from guinea. besides, he became a diplomat for portugal and was also involved in international drug traffic and received heroin from afghanis, san to america,

and cocaine from south america to germany or europe, dominican enough toich went to west village available. so he was an international player. one might say what he's my son did that surprise you to something so to the of course we weren't surprised. yes, it's not an everyday occurrence, but of course it makes sense. if you look at the bigger picture, because i'm because diplomats aren't so closely monitored and they have completely different options available to them and completely different access. and these i mentioned them on in with, in this audit. if you google this person, you'll see the family entanglement. this is the whole family, more or less was or is still involved in international drug traffic categories, which is not. and then it's not until monday or tuesday operation. you recap, police phone, either the welds took action against the and try and get to it is the biggest on team feel operation to date. have any um, 2 units coordinated in real time across 3 continents. comes from

sun, luka way. yes. again, the target of the investigate is 132 arrests were made including 25 men in gemini, the talk of somebody on the front as we didn't talk for him of the of the strong been on 6 north side woken up the day before at 8 am and worked for 36 hours straight. and so i remember that day very well. it was interesting and a real highlight that we managed at that moment in time to conduct an operation author around to your desk. in the end, it was reassuring that no colleagues were harmed. all of the suspects we detained were also brought in unharmed systems. there were arrests and evidence with c sizes, which helps with the criminal proceedings. so we weren't just sitting here in dusseldorf working on our own case. last we knew the colleagues all over europe, we're working together. and this sense of community was very satisfying on what does this commercial for? so they have a feeling in germany alone, 6 federal states were affected. 25,

a rest. lawrence executed. a joints investigation team was set up again at the european level. subject to move to symbols, haney, a slate in several countries. coordinated by you were a poll and you were just brazil and panama. we're also involved in gemini restaurants and ice cream palos with the main targets of the raids. also in efforts, since the beginning restaurants have served the and try and get to know certainly as a cover to bubble as a logistical base for criminal business. look on this, find this on look to solve for you to 100 to this is team oldest motif is the north run west failure as a safe haven for the in wrong get to go. they want to bring money from drug trafficking into the world economy. but even more important than that, just to establish a strategic base here, namely to be active in cities will to hear what is happening. see, it's getting in touch with decision makers in the public administration of assimilating with society, but also using these bases to accommodate people who are warranted by law

enforcement agencies in italy, for example, the constitution. it's very important for them to bring a young in that i'm get the state and family members here to work and learn the language. justin, you can't succeed internationally by just speaking, who are local dialect. i'm, it comes into, it's not their main task is to establish this young group, especially men throughout europe, with language skills and education so that they can later be present on the international drug market. non oscar functions as a training location and what you're not on his findings. on the whole speaking, stumbled an effort to restaurant here and there was also arrested his name had appeared in the feeder proceedings often more than 20 years. he finally ends up in hon. costs, now he's accused of being involved in at least one cocaine deal to a stranger. he denies this, but she's restaurants remain open. officially the syringe, the a state police is only and only look at that to you. rico was also based on the findings. the syringes have been gathering since 1998 success had for finally

arrived. obedience in directly in tried cooperation between the authorities is key yet regardless of whether it's only the german federal police or in this case, that's a range of state office of criminal investigation. everything had to start all over again after feed, cuz i'm and because the relevance, the importance of the danger posed by organized crime has grown considerably for everyone involved in all federal states. and this has also led to a new awareness with sign is or operation. eureka has shown that the in blankets have also been using high tech for a long time. the old boss is preferred to speak face to face, but calibri and my fiancee today use encrypted cell phones. the phones were considered top proof a want something against us until the police hacked them to be able to have access to this that was exchanged by the criminal for the

son creeped in. networks of communication, whether it is on co chat sky, you see all this is really cru. sure. in the last, just one, this done. how the, the, the biggest and the more down dress organized. one networks are working. why, when you of, or these that coming from encrypting networks of communication. you most of the time see the picture from the top? it's a top down approach. you have the biggest one, and you see we, which we do with the are in your nation. so it's far more easy to understand how it works. back in the syringe and state parliament, the questioning of the district judge headed off to dallas. he still so no problem, knighted with the fact he helped his attorney and friend know with advising his

friends lawyer on how to avoid the ongoing investigation. he didn't find it remarkable that his friend was convicted of drug possession and remains in contact with his friends family. to this day. the committee of inquiry must present a final report in 2024. he will have some holes in. it says the committee is limited to the syringe here it's difficult to investigate a global mafia organization that is covered at all, speak the of the best ones as well. i think the way out would be to do with the, to the high level. the bonus. i actually think that the german federal government should be obliged to take a closer look at this form of organized crime. for example, with the committee of inquiry. ok. so it would probably even be advisable to go ahead and do this at the european level because of course many other countries are effective to, for example, portugal as well as easily for the netherlands, definitely as well. and i think that if we really want to catch things up and deal with it, seriously, we have to go to the european union even though based on your despite major police

operations. despite all the success is being that i get to a still fall from being defeated, gym and lose and particular still make it easy for them to thrive. the fight against the mafia has only just begun the

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