Extremism - LKA: More political crimes on social networks
The State Criminal Police Office (LKA) in North Rhine-Westphalia has registered significantly more politically motivated crimes in social networks. As the LKA told the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper and confirmed in response to a dpa inquiry, 268 politically motivated hate crime offenses were reported in 2023. In the previous year as a whole, the number of offenses was 192, meaning that the previous year's level has already been significantly exceeded.
The majority of the crimes are therefore committed by right-wing political groups - 209 of the 268 crimes are attributed to the right-wing milieu. Incitement to hatred is the most frequent accusation (201 in total, 174 from right-wing milieus), insults (16) and the dissemination of propaganda material of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations (19) also play a role. These are provisional figures.
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- The increase in political crimes in social networks has led the LKA in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, to intensify its monitoring of right-wing extremist activities.
- A recent report by the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger highlighted the role of online networks in the recurring rise of criminality linked to extremist ideologies in the region.
- The Landeskriminalamt of North Rhine-Westphalia (LKA) is collaborating with law enforcement agencies in Europe to dismantle international extremist networks and prevent future offenses.
- A recent dpa inquiry revealed that the LKA reported an alarming increase in hate crimes, with 268 politically motivated offenses recorded in 2023, significantly surpassing the 192 cases from the previous year.
Source: www.stern.de
