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Germany: police annual statistics

01 September 1991

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The German police produced their annual statistics on 1990. Some of the more interesting figures are given below, with the figures for 1989 in brackets. The number of reported political explosives and firebomb attacks in 1990 was 139 (146). The number of incidents investigated in relation to state security was 10,335 (13,043). Of these, 3184 (4042) concerned endangering the democratic state order, 106 (280) concerned investigations under clause 129a, forming a terrorist organization. Unlawful entry, which in this context means squatting, was up to 142 (96), a rise due to the many squats in former Eastern Berlin. "Landfriedensbruch", meaning breaking the peace of the land, occurred 433 (580) times, and violating the public demonstration law 474 (369) times: these figures point at the reduced number of demonstrations in Germany. The rest of the state security offences are in the main ones like resisting police officers, public threatening to commit crimes, stirring up a crowd, insulting a police officer, inflicting bodily harm, damaging property etc. These figures indicate that among the Schengen countries there is a difference of opinion on what should be considered a crime against state security. The number of people that died in relation to the abuse of narcotics in Germany in 1990 was 1478, (1989: 991, 1988: 670). This is generally seen as an indication that the German strategy of not making any distinction between soft and hard drugs, and threatening drug abuse as a crime problem instead of a serious public health issue, is not working. In response to a parliamentary question regarding German GSG 9 counterterrorist police providing training to Turkish nationals, the Minister of State of the Ministry of the Interior, Mr Lintner, admitted recently that from 1981 to 1986 some 18 Turkish police specialists attended advanced courses, each lasting several months, in counterterrorist tactics and techniques.

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