Allegations against four defendants, all Russian Nationals, whose lawsuit begins in Hansatik Higher Regional Court in the Northern German city of Hamburg on Monday. He is accused of being a member of a foreign criminal organization and supporting a foreign terrorist organization. More especially, they are accused that they have used social networks to collect donations for extremist “Islamic State” groups, or IS. He allegedly collected a total of € 174,000 ($ 197,000).
For many years, the danger generated by Islamist extremists in Germany was considered a threat to the country, especially in the period after the September 11 attacks in the US in 2001.
Since then, according to officials, distant violence and crime have become a major threat. Constantine says notes from the Green Party faction in the German Parliament that the risk generated by religious extremists is high.
The internal policy expert is the chairman of the Parliarian oversight panel, who is responsible for monitoring German intelligence agencies. “Islamist [extremist] ACT pose a very serious security threat to our country, “he told DW.” I clearly welcome the fact that the law enforcement officer is taking a very close look at the discovery of terrorism and fully followed on the leads. This is very important, at this time our democracy is specific in view of many different threats. ,
Politically obedient offense with rights so far
Last week, the new German minister of the internal Alexander Dobrid of the Orthodox Christian Social Union (CSU) said that the danger arose by the Islamist extremists was significant as he had presented a report in a crime in Berlin. The number of crimes that could be different as different as it could be widely induced, increased rapidly and authorities registered more than 84,000 discovery crimes in 2024, which was a good counter compared to the previous year.
According to the report, most thesis crimes were committed by right -wing extremists and right -wing fundamentalists. Many were allegedly inspired by anti -dominance, since the onset of the war in Gaza in October 2023.
The report found that the number of crimes committed by the Islamist extremists has persistent over the years. It was confirmed by the number of violent offices: 4: 107 political-inspired violent offenses were reported, the proportion of people with far-flung backgrounds was particularly higher. Some 975 violent crimes were attributed to “foreign ideology”.
Accused of collecting money for IS
Currently there are several cases about the collection of donations to the IS before the German courts. In early April, the test of two suspected supporters of the extremist group began in the southern city of Stutgart. 34 -year -old German suspect and 29 -year -old Syrian suspect is accused of passing the IS group. Their testing is expected to run by September.
This month, a 28 -year -old man was convicted of a similar crime in the Central German city of Frankfurt AM Main. The High Regional Court ruled on 21 May that it was proved that the suspect had transferred between 2020 and August 2021 around € 4.200. In this case, social media platforms were called for donations and search app discovery as Telegram. The recipients were allegedly wives and children’s IS fighters who have been detained in two camps in Northern Syria. IS members were allegedly transferred to Syria through financial agents in Türkiye.
Pay attention to Europe
In 2023, German’s domestic intelligence service, the federal office for the protection of the Constitution, the number of people in Germany was estimated at 27.200 with a close relationship with extreme Islamic movements. “Terrorist jihadi organizations’ attention and especially so, but it is so, but still fast on Europe, and thus on Germany,” it is said in a report that can be found on its website.
“Currently, ISKP [Islamic State Khorasan Province, the IS branch in Afghanistan] IS seems to be the strongest regional industry. ISKP had so far focused on carrying out attacks in Afghanistan, more and more indications that Germany and Europe are now considered as possible goals for attacks, “the report states.
Therefore, it may be that the number of citizens of Russia or Caucasus region who is active for the IS group in Germany, not only to do violent work but also by collecting donations, seems to grow.
This article was original in German.
