Around 700,000 euros too much was confiscated from the climate activists of the “Last Generation” during investigations in Bavaria. A press spokesman for the court said the Munich regional court had classified the sum as disproportionate. The seizure also affected the assets of uninvolved third parties in a group account. Previously reported Time online.
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating climate activists of the “Last Generation” on suspicion of forming a criminal organization. As part of this, the Munich District Court ordered in May to confiscate 794,289 euros from bank accounts. An association complained about this in court, which acts as a kind of trustee for the “Last Generation” and other actors, as the court spokesman said.
Representatives of the association argued that the climate protection group’s actual balance was just under 70,000 euros. The regional court followed the arguments in the decision that was issued on December 7th.