In the fight against criminal clans, Minister of Justice Buschmann proposes unconventional ways. Status symbols such as watches and luxury cars could be confiscated after crimes.
Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has called for tough action against criminal clans in Germany. “If we increase the pressure, the clans will also retreat,” he told the “Bild am Sonntag”.
In addition to using the existing possibilities of criminal law, Buschmann also spoke out in favor of new approaches. “We also have to fight specific crimes by the clans in an unconventional way,” said the FDP politician. “For example, by confiscating the status symbols of clan members after crimes, such as their luxury cars, expensive jewelry and watches.”
The rule of law must show “that it has teeth”. The funds for this are in the hands of the federal states, said the minister. To increase the pressure, the police need more capacity on the street.
Faeser wants to forge “alliance against clans”.
A few days ago, the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that it wanted to give the federal states more support in fighting clan crime. The ministry mentioned, among other things, the implementation of joint investigations or the area of training and further education. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) had also declared that she wanted to forge an “alliance against clans” with the federal states.
Union-led countries criticize Faeser
However, the interior ministers of the federal states led by the Union criticized Faeser on Friday. “We will examine very carefully whether the federal government is really willing to get involved in the labour-intensive fight against clan crime through legislative improvements and the deployment of personnel, or whether this is another PR announcement by the Federal Minister of the Interior without content,” said Hesse’s Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) as spokesman for the Union-led countries of the dpa news agency.