Dresden in the nightmare: Chechen mafia terrorizes city with robberies

Dresden in the nightmare: Chechen mafia terrorizes city with robberies

Today's process at the Dresden Regional Court draws attention to severe robberies that have shaken the city in recent months. Usman T. (38), an asylum seeker from Chechnya, and Carolin S. (34) from Dresden are accused. They are accused of having carried out not only one, but two raids on a 31-year-old Poland. This reports the Sächsische .

particularly brutal methods were used in the raids. The first incident occurred on the night of December in Prohlis when the injured party attacked open streets and deprived of its valuables. He was stolen a backpack with documents, a cell phone and 400 euros. The second attack took place in the victim's apartment between the end of January and early February, where a shotgun was held on his neck and even fired.

The value of the prey

The prey of this raid was lucrative: jewelry, a collection of stamps and coins worth 3000 euros, cash of 5000 euros as well as other electronic devices and books with a total value of around 4,000 euros. The two accused were arrested a week after the last attack and have been in custody since mid -February.

Carolin's role in this criminalist drama remains ambivalent: she admits that she has been involved in the second attack, but denies her participation in the first and states that T. has been forced. She knows the injured party fleetingly and describes him as a dealer. There are also indications that both consumed crystal regularly, which further complicated the dynamics of their relationship.

indictment in the drug milieu

The background of the accused are not atypical for the current challenges with which society is faced. In particular, drug crime illuminates another explosive topic. In the investigation into an anti-mafia process called "Eureka", the Düsseldorf public prosecutor raised charges against a group of drug cure, which transported cocaine in converted vehicles for years. The group, which is closely linked to the Calabrian mafia and Albanian networks, has organized at least 50 transports between 2018 and 2022, which makes the dimension of the problem clear, as [https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/mdrogen-mafia-kuriere-eureka-100.html)

These developments fall into an alarming trend in Europe: the new EU drug report shows a dramatic increase in crime and violence in the drug environment. For example, several explosions have been documented in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the mafia has long since reached Germany, as in an analysis of NZZ . The number of drugs confiscated was a new record in 2023 with 419 tons.

The combination of higher availability of drugs, more violence and the increasing brutality of criminal bonds raises questions about the measures that need to be taken. The EU plans strategies to pursue fine flows and to confiscate profits from drug trafficking in order to counteract this problem.

While the courts deal with these cases, it remains to be seen which further information and developments will come to light in the upcoming process meetings. The process will continue until mid -July, and a backpack with a possibly 30 kilos of gold remains a mystery that could still be deciphered.