Raid against hate crime: police combed Bremen districts!

Raid against hate crime: police combed Bremen districts!

In the past few days, the police in Bremen have tidy up: on June 25, 2025, she carried out a nationwide raid against hate crime on the Internet. Searches were also carried out in several districts of Bremen, including Walle, Huchting, Neustadt and Horn-Lehe. The investigation focused on five accused, including four men and a woman between the ages of 19 and 68. The public prosecutor is currently investigating suspicions such as sedition and the distribution of anti -constitutional propaganda. Evidence such as mobile phones and data carriers have been ensured in order to pursue the criminal processes in a targeted manner, reports Buten and Binnen .

The current investigations are in the context of an alarming increase in politically motivated crime in Germany. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), more than 140 investigations were initiated in the field of hate crime in 2023. It is particularly noteworthy that about two thirds of these hate contributions are assigned to the area of ​​"politically motivated crime from right". The most common offenses that come up are incitement and the approval of criminal offenses and insults, which underlines the urgency of this raid.

hate crime in the upswing

In 2023, hate crime rose by almost 50 percent to 17,007 cases. This frightening development shows that the phenomenon is not just a marginal phenomenon, but a serious social problem. The increase is not only due to xenophobic crimes, but also includes a dramatic increase in anti -Semitic crimes, which increased by over 95 percent to 5,164 cases, as the BKA states. The increasing figures make it clear that the social conflicts, be it the war of aging Russia against Ukraine or the military conflicts in the Middle East, also throw their shadows on the German security situation.

A look at the facts illustrates the proportions: the number of cases in the area of ​​"PMK law" has increased by 23.21 percent to 28,945, which is almost half of all registered cases, while crimes in connection with foreign and religious ideologies have also increased. The BKA's surveys also show that a total of 8,000 hate posts were registered, which corresponds to an increase of 136 percent compared to previous years

reactions and consequences

The reactions to the raid are consistently positive. The population is in solidarity and welcomes the hard procedure against hate crime. The situation requires determined action in order to counteract the increasingly aggressive tendencies on the Internet. Grimasse of social polarization is documented in particular by the results of the BKA studies and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, which show the increased number of politically motivated crimes from 2001 to 2024. The graphics for this can be viewed on Statista

The BKA emphasizes in its reports that combating politically motivated extremism and terrorism as well as hatred on the Internet are among the central tasks of the security authorities. The educational rate of politically motivated crimes was 46.85 percent in 2023, a ray of hope that shows that the authorities are determined even in such complex cases.