Scandal in Berlin: Police officers arrested - fictitious controls unveiled!
Scandal in Berlin: Police officers arrested - fictitious controls unveiled!
Berlin-Pankow, Deutschland - The Berlin public prosecutor's office has arrested three police officers in a controversial case of alleged corruption. How Maz-online.de reports, they are two police commissioners and one police champion who are suspected of having decreased cash in fictitious traffic controls with fake documents. The investigators assume several thousand euros that were stored as part of these machinations.
At least two cases are affected by the investigation that occurred on April 21, 2025 in Berlin-Pankow and on May 8, 2025 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In Pankow, a driver was lost 500 euros, while the officers in Charlottenburg received at least 8,000 euros from another driver. A 45-year-old civilian is seen as a suspected accomplice who may be responsible for renting the vehicles in which the controls took place.searches and consolidations
The investigation already led to searches in the districts of Spandau, Reinickendorf and Tempelhof-Schöneberg as well as in the rental vehicles of the civilian. rbb24.de reported that mobile phones and written records were now evaluated, which are now evaluated by the investigators should.
The three arrested police officers are currently in custody and are to be brought before an investigative judge on Thursday. In this context, disciplinary steps against the civil servants are also checked; It remains to be seen how their employment relationships are designed.
A look at corruption in Germany
This case highlights a highlight of corruption in Germany. According to Statista.com , around 3,840 corrupt offenses were recorded by the police in 2023, which corresponds to an increase of about 7 percent compared to the previous year. Almost half of these offenses took place in the economic sector, although the total loss of 57 million euros caused by corruption could be even higher due to high number of unreported cases. Corruption often manifests itself through bribery and bribery and shows that trust in public bodies is increasingly eroding.
The current incidents and the general perception of corruption put the trust of citizens in state institutions. In the international ranking for corruption perception, Germany only took the 15th place of 180 states in 2024, which means a significant decline in six places compared to the previous year.
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