Dutch 'Mocro mafia' sets off alarm bells in Germany

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Posted on 09/26/2024 6:42:43 AM PDT by posterchild

Fears have been growing of potential mafia wars between Dutch and German crime networks in western Germany after police connected a number of recent explosions in Cologne to organized crime groups.

An explosion in a cafe on the ground floor of an apartment block in the early hours of Wednesday, September 25, has led German police investigate where there are links among a recent spate of fires and explosions in the city. According to public broadcaster WDR, witnesses saw two people running away as the cafe burned. Two residents of the block were treated for smoke poisoning, though most were reportedly brought to safety. ... All these crimes are thought to have been carried out by the so-called "Mocro mafia" — an umbrella term adopted by the media in both the Netherlands and Germany for several organized crime groups that originally arose from the Dutch Moroccan community in the 1990s. The Dutch mafia is also just one of many: Europol has counted 821 organized crime networks across Europe, with more than 25,000 members.

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1 posted on 09/26/2024 6:42:43 AM PDT by posterchild

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