Police raid sites linked to producers of extremist Nazi music across Germany and abroad

Police operations involving more than 390 officers from German federal, state and neighboring European forces swept locations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria, focusing on four individuals accused of being members of a right-wing extremist criminal association. The suspects, aged 43, 48, 52 and 55, are alleged to have organized a permanent group by 2020 to disseminate neo-Nazi, antisemitic, racist and hateful music, which they produced and sold on a division of labor basis.

Parallel raids were conducted in Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen, Thüringen and in Berlin targeting ten people from the suspects' close circles, who are not considered suspects. International searches extended to Estonia, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic. The operations aim to clarify existing suspicions, with no arrests expected at this stage.