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'{{POV|date=October 2018}} {{short description|Overview of crime in Germany}} [[File:Segway Polizei 4.jpg|thumb|Police officers on Patrol, Saarland. ]] '''Crime in Germany''' is combated by the [[Law enforcement in Germany|German Police forces]] and other agencies. ==Recent trends== === Statistics === The official statistics ''PKS 2018'' of 2018 by the [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|Bundeskriminalamt]] for the year 2017 shows an increase of 39.9% for resistance and attacks against state authority, 13.6% in the spreading of [[pornography|pornographic material]], 8.3% in crimes against the [[Arzneimittelgesetz|German drug law]], 6.1% for [[Drugs|narcotic]]-related crimes generally and 5.5% in violations of the [[Gun control in Germany|German arms law]]. On the other hand, there is a decrease by 18.2% in [[sexual assault]], [[rape]], [[sexual harassment]] including cases with lethal consequences, 16.3% in [[Burglary|burglaries]], 9.3% in violations of the [[Immigration to Germany|immigration]] laws, 7.6% in [[fraud]], 7.5% in [[theft]] and 6% in [[street crime]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2018 |url=https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2018/pks2018ImkBericht.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=7}}</ref> === European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) === {{Side box |metadata=No | above = '''Share of population experiencing<br/>crime, violence or vandalism in their living area''' | text = {{Graph:Chart |height=200 |width=250 |legend=Country |xAxisTitle=year |yAxisTitle=% |y1Title=Sweden |y2Title=Norway |y3Title=Denmark |y4Title=EU-27 |y5Title=Finland |y6Title=Germany |yAxisMin=0 |type=line |showSymbols=yes |x=2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |y1=10.4, 11.3, 10.6, 10.1, 10.7, 10.9, 12.7, 13.0 |y2=5.5, 4.9, 6.0, 4.6, 4.0, 5.7, 4.6, 3.8 |y3=14.2, 15.7, 9.9, 9.2, 9.1, 7.7, 8.4, 7.8 |y4=14.4, 14.2, 13.7, 14.6, 14.1, 13.7, 13.1, 12.0 |y5=10.2, 10.0, 9.6, 8.9, 8.7, 7.3, 6.9, 6.2 |y6=12.0, 12.9, 12.5, 13.5, 13.1, 13.8, 14.1, 14.2 |colors=yellow,lightblue,pink,blue,lightgreen,red}} | imageright = | below = Source: EU-SILC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=ilc_mddw03&lang=en|title=Crime, violence or vandalism in the area - EU-SILC survey|website=[[Eurostat]]|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> and Statistics Sweden<ref name="scb_eu_silc_analysis"/>}} In the EU-SILC survey, respondents were questioned about whether they experienced problems with violence, crime, or vandalism in the area where they live. Between 2010 and 2017, the EU crime average dropped by 3%. All countries in the EU except [[Germany]], [[Sweden]], and [[Lithuania]] showed a falling trend of criminal incidents.<ref name="scb_eu_silc_analysis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/artiklar/2019/fler-upplever-brottslighet-och-vandalisering-i-sitt-bostadsomrade/|title=Fler upplever brottslighet och vandalisering i sitt bostadsområde|website=Statistiska Centralbyrån|language=sv|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> ==By type== According to Germany's 2010 crime statistics, 5.93 million criminal acts were committed, which was 2% lower than in 2009.<ref name="world">[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15093336,00.html Crime rate drops to record low], Deutsche Welle. Retrieved June 2011</ref> According to the Interior Ministry, this was the first time the figure had fallen below six million offenses since 1991 (the year after [[Reunification of Germany|reunification]]), and is the lowest crime level since records began.<ref name="world" /> The rate of crimes solved in 2010 was 56%, a record high from 2009's 55.6%.<ref name="world" /> In 2010, internet-related crime climbed 8.1%, with around 224,000 reported cases.<ref name="world" /> The number of house burglaries in 2010 also increased by 6.6%.<ref name="world" /> === Domestic violence === According to 2015 statistics, there were 127,000 victims of domestic violence. (German: ''Häusliche Gewalt)'' 82% of the victims were female. This represented an increase of 5.5% over 2012 statistics. The most commonly reported crime was bodily harm, defined as a slap or a strike of sufficient force to warrant prosecution. Other common crimes were threats (14.4%), grievous bodily harm (German: ''schwere Körperverletzung''), and injury with a deadly outcome (German: ''Verletzung mit Todesfolge'') at 12%. A fourth of the suspects were reported to be intoxicated from the consumption of [[Alcohol (drug)|alcohol]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.fr.de/panorama/kriminalstatistik-haeusliche-gewalt-gegen-frauen-nimmt-zu-a-291373|title=Kriminalstatistik: Häusliche Gewalt gegen Frauen nimmt zu|last=Rundschau|first=Frankfurter|work=Frankfurter Rundschau|access-date=2018-11-09|language=de}}</ref> Ex-partner victims were mostly targeted by [[stalking]].<ref name=":0" /> ===Murder=== {{Further|List of countries by intentional homicide rate}} The homicide rate in Germany is similarly low to the EU and other developed countries. Homicides increased rapidly in the early 1990s, increasing from 931 in 1990 to 2,032 - 2.5 per 100,000 in 1995 and gradually decreasing in the next 15 years before stabilizing at lower rates from around 2010 (0.98 per 100,000 or 783) to the present with 782 in 2020 at a rate of 0.93 per 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNODC |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/content/homicide-country-data |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> ==Organized crime== {{Side box |metadata=No | above = Number of suspects in organized crime in Germany | text = {{Graph:Chart |height=150 |width=200 |xAxisTitle=year |yAxisTitle= |yAxisMin=0 |y1Title=Non-german |y2Title=German |y3Title=Total |type=rect |showSymbols= |legend= |x=2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |y1=5444, 5558, 5668, 5846, 5881 |y2=3711, 3142, 3007, 2809, 2436 |y3=9155, 8700, 8675, 8655, 8317 |colors=black,red,grey}} | imageright = | below= Source: BKA<ref name="bka_blb_ok_2017"/>}} In the 1990s, the power balance changed in the red light districts of Germany when Russian, Yugoslav, and Albanian organizations started to operate. In parts of Germany, police asked themselves whether they had suppressed German gangs too much as the gangs that took over were foreign and more brutal gangs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/1.576317|title=Netzwerke in Hannover: Ein Nachmittag im Steintorviertel|last1=Eppelsheim|first1=Philip|access-date=2019-10-20|last2=Hannover|journal=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|language=de|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> In 2017, statistics suggested that German citizens constitute the largest group of suspects in organized crime trials. From 2016 to 2017, the proportion of non-German citizen organized crime suspects increased from 67.5% to 70.7%. 14.9% of the German citizens involved held different citizenship at birth.<ref name="bka_blb_ok_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/JahresberichteUndLagebilder/OrganisierteKriminalitaet/organisierteKriminalitaetBundeslagebild2017.html;jsessionid=A99EC3231788A672D2AEA397F21B1FEC.live2302?nn=27988|title=BKA - Bundeslagebilder Organisierte Kriminalität - Bundeslagebild Organisierte Kriminalität 2017|website=www.bka.de|page=13|language=de|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811162834/https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/JahresberichteUndLagebilder/OrganisierteKriminalitaet/organisierteKriminalitaetBundeslagebild2017.html;jsessionid=A99EC3231788A672D2AEA397F21B1FEC.live2302?nn=27988|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Italian organized crime=== The [['Ndrangheta]], [[Camorra]], and [[Sicilian Mafia|Cosa Nostra]] all operate in Germany. The 'Ndrangheta has the most robust presence. There are an estimated 1,200 members of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta active in Germany, mostly in the cocaine trade. Apart from the 'Ndrangheta, the Neapolitan Camorra has also infiltrated the construction industry in Germany. Five Sicilian Mafia groups are active in the country, but seem to have lost power.<ref name="tagesspiegel.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/kriminalitaet-geheim-und-unsichtbar/1020726.html|title=Kriminalität: Geheim und unsichtbar - Welt - Tagesspiegel|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> Italian crime groups can mostly be found in the [[Ruhr]] district and in the west of Germany. In December 2018, German police conducted an operation against the 'Ndrangheta in Germany and arrested 90 suspects for suspected drug dealing and money laundering. Forty-seven suspects were prosecuted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/nach-gross-razzia-im-ruhrgebiet-nrw-innnenmnister-reul-ueber-kriminelle-clans-wir-lassen-sie-einfach-nicht-in-ruhe_id_10184171.html|title=NRW-Innnenmnister Reul über kriminelle Clans: Wir lassen sie einfach nicht in Ruhe|last=Online|first=FOCUS|website=FOCUS Online|language=de|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> ===Outlaw motorcycle gangs=== OMCGs such as [[Hells Angels]], [[Bandidos]], [[Gremium Motorcycle Club|Gremium]] and more recently, [[Satudarah]], [[Rock Machine]] and [[Night Wolves]], are active throughout Germany. While not all members of motorcycle clubs are criminals, many are reputed to be involved in the [[red-light districts]] and the [[bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]]-scene, who control a large portion of the drug trade within bars and clubs.<ref name="tagesspiegel.de"/> === Balkan crime gangs === People from the [[Balkans]] have strong connections to their home country where they can go underground when they want to evade police. Mafia gangs from Kosovo, Croatia, and Albania have close-knit structures similar to those of the Arab clans. Gangs from Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina have a strong tendency to use violence and according to police, are not discouraged by ordinary police as they have fought in the [[Yugoslav Wars]]. A number of these gangsters are ex-special forces who served under warlords during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. Gangs from the Balkans are active in illegal gambling, protection rackets, narcotics trade and human trafficking. The Yugoslav wars also mean these gangs have access to firearms, where 700 thousand weapons were stolen in Albania alone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/regional/berlin/berlin-balkan-mafia-sie-bringen-den-krieg-nach-berlin_id_9808201.html|title=Balkan-Clans in Berlin: Die haben Dinge getan, die wir uns nicht vorstellen können|last=Online|first=FOCUS|website=FOCUS Online|language=de|access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> ====Albanian mafia==== {{see also|Albanian mafia}} [[Albanian mafia]] families are active in some of the German urban centers, in particular [[Hamburg]]. They play an important role in the drug trade and the red light districts of the country. "Ethnic Albanians" (as the German police officially calls them), who come into Germany typically from Albania or the Republic of Macedonia or Kosovo, have created for a very short time in the last decade, a very powerful criminal network, says Manfred Quedzuweit, director of the Police Department for Fighting the Organized Crime in Hamburg. "Here, it could be heard that they are even more dangerous than Cosa Nostra. Albanian "banks" in Germany are a special story. They are used for transferring money from Germany, which amounts to one billion Euros a year. One of these banks was discovered by accident by the Düsseldorf police while checking a travel agency "Eulinda" owned by the Albanians. "We haven't found a single travel-related catalog or brochure at the agency. The computers were nonfunctional, the printer had never been used. We found that "Eulinda" was a coverup for some other business", said high criminal counselor from Düsseldorf Rainer Bruckert. "Eventually we found out that "Eulinda" had already transferred $150 million to Kosovo—for 'humanitarian purposes'", says Bruckert. "Money was being transferred by the couriers in special waist belts with multiple pockets. So, in a single one-way trip, it was possible to carry up to six million D-marks." {{citation needed|date=September 2015}} BND reports state that Albanian mafia activities are thoroughly spread throughout Germany. One mafia family in Hamburg, for instance, according to BND reports, has over "300 million euros in real estate portfolios". Further, the clan has considerable ties to police, judges, and prosecutors in Hamburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shz.de/Nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/panorama/artikeldetail/artikel/mafia-banden-regieren-den-kiez-in-hamburg.html|title=Mörderischer Norden: Mafia-Banden regieren den Kiez in Hamburg - shz.de|author=Klaus Lohmann, Schleswig-Holstein am Sonntag|date=15 May 2012|work=shz|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> According to British criminal Colin Blaney in his autobiography 'Undesirables', Albanian criminals in Germany also frequently come to blows with British criminals who operate in the nation. Albanian people traffickers have been involved in confrontations with an English organized crime group known as the Wide Awake Firm, including an incident in which a member of the English group was stabbed through the hand.<ref>{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Blaney |title=Undesirables |year=2014 |publisher=John Blake |isbn=978-1782198970 |pages=294–295}}</ref> ====Serbian mafia==== The [[Zemun clan]] is active in Germany and mainly involved in [[drug trafficking]] and [[prostitution]]. Members are largely ethnic [[Serbs]], some of them former soldiers, but [[Montenegrins]] and [[Bosniaks]] from the Serbian region are part of the ex-Yugoslavian gangs as well.<ref name="wz-newsline.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.wz-newsline.de/home/politik/nrw/organisierte-kriminalitaet-italienische-mafia-nur-auf-platz-6-1.471446|title=Organisierte Kriminalität|author=Von Horst Kuhnes|date=20 August 2007|work=Westdeutsche Zeitung|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> ===Russian mafia=== Russian-speaking crime groups, in particular, the [[Tambov gang]] are active in cities such as [[Düsseldorf]]. [[Money laundering]], [[prostitution]] and [[extortion]] seem to be their activities of choice. Aside from the Russian groups, [[Georgian people|Georgian]], [[Armenians|Armenia]] and [[Chechens|Chechen]] crime groups are active in Germany as well. Very often these gangs and the Russian groups are named together in one breath even when they have little to do with each other. Another major form of Russian-speaking organized crime in Germany consists of so-called criminal ''Aussiedler'' families. ''Aussiedlers'' are ethnic [[Germans]] (also called [[Volga Germans]]) that were born in the former Soviet Union. While a lot of ''Aussiedlers'' adapted well and quickly mastered the German language, a lot of families held onto the traditional lifestyle they lived in [[Russia]] and surrounding states. This led to the formation of individual as well as clan-based groups of ''Aussiedlers'' involved in organized criminal activities such as [[drug trafficking]], [[extortion]], [[prostitution]], as well as extreme violence. Due to a large number of ''Aussiedlers'' they are seen as the major form of Russian organized crime in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/So-herrscht-die-Russen-Mafia-im-Gefaengnis-id6990716.html|title=Prozess in Augsburg: So herrscht die Russen-Mafia im Gefängnis - Nachrichten Bayern |work=Augsburger Allgemeine|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> ===Turkish mafia=== [[Turkish mafia|Turkish crime groups]] which consist of mafia clans from Turkey are active throughout Germany in [[extortion]], [[weapon trafficking]] and [[drug trafficking]]. Often the gangs can be linked to political groups from their home country, such as the [[Grey Wolves (organization)|Grey Wolves]] for right-wing [[Turkish people|Turks]] and [[Dev Sol]] for left-wing [[Turkish people|Turks.]] In 2014, the annual report on organized crime presented in [[Berlin]] by interior minister Thomas de Maizière, showed that there were 61 mighty Turkish gangs in Germany. According to the report, alongside their more traditional fields of drug smuggling, gangs are also increasingly turning their attention to burglary, car theft, and fraud. 10% of Germany's gang members were reported to be [[Turkish people|Turkish]] and according to statistics, the activity of [[Turkish gangs in Germany]] had decreased.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Organisierte Kriminalität|url=http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2014/09/bundeslagebild_2013_ok.pdf;jsessionid=DFA1E5D3C23FC33616FE40FE6CA6A1D3.2_cid295?__blob=publicationFile|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114205018/http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2014/09/bundeslagebild_2013_ok.pdf;jsessionid=DFA1E5D3C23FC33616FE40FE6CA6A1D3.2_cid295?__blob=publicationFile|archive-date=14 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Organized crime on the rise in Germany|url=http://www.thelocal.de/20141002/organized-crime-on-the-rise-in-germany-mafia|access-date=21 May 2016|work=www.thelocal.de|date=2 October 2014}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[Die Welt]]'' and ''[[Bild]]'' reported that the new Turkish motorbike gang, Osmanien Germania, was growing rapidly. The Hannoversche Allgemeine newspaper claimed that the Osmanien Germania was advancing more and more into the red-light districts, which increases the likelihood of a bloody territorial battle with established gangs like the [[Hells Angels]] Motorcycle Club and the [[Mongols Motorcycle Club]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Working Out with a Notorious German Biker Gang |url=https://www.vice.com/read/meeting-germanys-newest-gang-the-osmanen-germania-876|access-date=21 May 2016|work=Vice|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Osmanen drängen ins Rotlichtmilieu und fordern Rockerclubs heraus – HAZ |url=http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Uebersicht/Osmanen-draengen-ins-Rotlichtmilieu-und-fordern-Rockerclubs-heraus|access-date=21 May 2016|work=Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rockergruppe Osmanen Germania wächst rasant|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/nrw/article151711765/Rockergruppe-Osmanen-Germania-waechst-rasant.html|access-date=21 May 2016|work=Welt Online|date=1 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Turek|first1=Zlatan Alihodzic und Michael|title=Polizeieinsatz in mehreren Städten gegen "Osmanen Germania"|url=https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-dinslaken-huenxe-und-voerde/polizeieinsatz-in-mehreren-staedten-gegen-osmanen-germania-id11745728.html|access-date=21 May 2016|work=WAZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Frigelj|first1=Kristian|title=Wir kommen und übernehmen das ganze Land|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article152291068/Wir-kommen-und-uebernehmen-das-ganze-Land.html|access-date=21 May 2016|work=Welt Online|date=16 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warum sehe ich Bild.de nicht|url=http://www.bild.de/wa/ll/bild-de/unangemeldet-42925516.bild.html|access-date=21 May 2016|work=Bild.de}}</ref> ===Middle Eastern crime clans=== Middle Eastern crime clans have become a major player in the underworld of Germany since the mass emigration of large Middle Eastern families, also called ''Großfamilie''. Especially in cities such as [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], and [[Bremen]] Middle Eastern clans are highly active in [[heroin]] trafficking as well as being involved in the [[bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]]-scene. Middle Eastern crime families mostly have origins in [[Lebanon]], [[Afghanistan]] (mainly in Hamburg) and [[Morocco]] (mostly in Frankfurt). Middle Eastern crime clans come from different backgrounds, but the most numerous of them are the Arab clans such as the [[Al-Zein Clan]] and the [[Miri clan]] among others. According to a research conducted by the [https://www.idc.ac.il/en/research/aei/pages/main.aspx Abba Eban Institute] as part of an initiative called [https://janus-initiative.com Janus Initiative], Hezbollah has built up its own international drug trafficking and money laundering network, with mafia-like structures. The research is focusing on the ties between organized crime and Hezbollah and found clans in Germany that are specifically supporting Hezbollah. According to the Abba Eban Institute, members of the three Shiite extended families Chahrour, Berjawi and Balhas are based in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia, and are deeply involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.<ref>[https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/al-kuds-marsch-in-berlin-die-clans--die-hisbollah-und-die-schmutzigen-geschaefte-32625436?originalReferrer= Al-Kuds-Marsch in Berlin Die Clans, die Hisbollah und die schmutzigen Geschäfte], Berliner Zeitung, June 1, 2019</ref> ==== Afghan gangs ==== Afghan clans are active in [[Hamburg]], a city with a large Afghan population. Like the [[Turkish mafia|Turkish]] as well as [[Albanian mafia|Albanian]] gangs in the city, Afghan organized crime is active in [[hashish]] and [[heroin]] trafficking, [[extortion]] and [[prostitution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mopo.de/news/schutzgeld-gang-plante-uebernahme-des-lokstedter-bordells-machtkampf-im-milieu--sie-wollten-alles,5066732,6205364.html|title=Schutzgeld-Gang plante Übernahme des Lokstedter Bordells: Machtkampf im Milieu: Sie wollten alles|work=Mopo.de|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mopo.de/nachrichten/blutige-afghanen-fehde-bandenkrieg-in-hamburg-wegen-nacktfotos-auf-facebook,5067140,25141510.html|title=Blutige Afghanen-Fehde: Bandenkrieg in Hamburg wegen Nacktfotos auf Facebook|work=Mopo.de|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> === North Africans Gangs=== Moroccan organized crime groups, have been reported in [[Frankfurt]]. Next to the [[Serbian mafia]] and Balkan gangs, the Moroccan organized crime has become one of the active main players in the Frankfurt underworld for [[heroin]] trade as well as other criminal activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/regional/frankfurt/drogenhandel/rache-im-bahnhofsviertel-16200174.bild.html|title=Rache geschworen: Droht ein Drogenkrieg im Bahnhofsviertel?|author=Max Schneider und Jürgen Mahnke (Fotos)|work=Bild.de|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> As of 2018, there had been many incidents of young male North African asylum seekers committing rapes and robberies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4gN2BGw0PxwJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-03/germany-must-come-to-terms-with-refugee-crime+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|title = Germany Must Come to Terms with Refugee Crime - Bloomberg}}</ref> ===Vietnamese crime groups=== Vietnamese groups active in [[human trafficking]] and [[cigarette smuggling]] have been reported in Germany. [[Triad (organized crime)|Chinese Triads]] on the other hand have also been reported but don't seem to have substantial power in Germany.<ref name="tagesspiegel.de"/> == Corruption == {{Main|Corruption in Germany}} [[Transparency International]]’s Global corruption barometer 2013 revealed that [[Political parties in Germany|political parties]] and businesses are the most corrupt institutions in [[Germany]]. The same report also indicated that [[petty corruption]] is not as uncommon as other [[Europe]]an countries. The survey showed that 11% of the respondents claim to have been asked to pay a bribe at one point in their life and only a few of those said that they had refused to pay the bribe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Corruption Barometer 2013|url=http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013|publisher=Transparency International|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> ==By nationality== {{bar box |float=right |title=Share of foreign nationals among 2017 crime suspects |titlebar=#DDD|caption=Source: Wall Street Journal<ref name="wsj20181016"/> |width=250px |bars={{bar percent|Pickpocketing|blue|74.4}} {{bar percent|Forgery of official documents|blue|55.4}} {{bar percent|Burglaries|blue|41.3}} {{bar percent|Rapes and sexual assaults|blue|37}} {{bar percent|All types|teal|34.7}} {{bar percent|Social benefit fraud|blue|34.1}} {{bar percent|Murder and manslaughter|blue|29.7}} {{bar percent|Share of population|green|12}}}} {{Main|Immigration and crime in Germany}}In 2018, the [[The Wall Street Journal|''Wall Street Journal'']] analyzed German crime statistics for crime suspects and found that the foreigners, overall 12.8% of the population, make up a disproportionate share of crime suspects (34.7%), see horizontal bar chart.<ref name="wsj20181016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ethnic-crime-families-provoke-german-crackdown-1539604801|title=An Ice-Cream Truck Slaying, Party Drugs and Real-Estate Kings: Ethnic Clans Clash in Berlin's Underworld|last=Pancevski|first=Bojan|date=2018-10-15|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In 2016, 31.4% of all convicted offenders were foreigners,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesellschaftStaat/Rechtspflege/Tabellen/AuslaendischeVerurteilte.html|title=Strafverfolgung - Ausländische Verurteilte 2016|website=DESTATIS}}</ref> about 3 times higher than the percentage of foreigners living in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediendienst-integration.de/migration/bevoelkerung.html|title=Wie viele Ausländer leben in Deutschland?|website=Mediendienst Integration}}</ref> According to the Huntington Post in February 2018, out of each of the 15 [[States of Germany|state]] justice ministries, 12,300 Muslims are in prison. This constitutes about 20% of the 65,000 prison population in Germany, proving to be an over-representation. The highest shares are in city states of [[Bremen]] (29%), [[Hamburg]] (28%) but the share is high also in large states such as [[Hesse]]n (26%) [[Baden-Württemberg]] (26%). The share is lower in the former East Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/muslime-haft_de_5a2a8c24e4b073789f6910f2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213103811/https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/muslime-haft_de_5a2a8c24e4b073789f6910f2|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-13|title=Allahs Kinder hinter Gittern: Warum in deutschen Gefängnissen so viele Muslime sitzen|date=2018-02-01|work=HuffPost Deutschland|access-date=2018-12-01|language=de-DE}}</ref> In 2018, the interior ministry published an analysis of the Federal Police Statistic (PKS) for the first time, which included all the people who came via the asylum system into Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/JahresberichteUndLagebilder/KriminalitaetImKontextVonZuwanderung/KriminalitaetImKontextVonZuwanderung_2017.pdf;jsessionid=3A0357445A988BC24E4C701B5B8E6563.live2292?__blob=publicationFile&v=3|title=Kriminalität im Kontext von Zuwanderung - Bundeslagebild 2017|date=2018|website=BKA|pages=27, 55, 61|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193029/https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/JahresberichteUndLagebilder/KriminalitaetImKontextVonZuwanderung/KriminalitaetImKontextVonZuwanderung_2017.pdf;jsessionid=3A0357445A988BC24E4C701B5B8E6563.live2292?__blob=publicationFile&v=3|archive-date=2018-08-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> The report found that the group defined as immigrants, which constitutes 2% of the total population, makes up 8.5% of all crime suspects.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article175907770/Kriminalstatistik-Bayern-ist-das-sicherste-Bundesland.html?wtrid=onsite.onsitesearch|title=Zuwanderer in einigen Kriminalitätsfeldern besonders auffällig|date=27 April 2018|newspaper=Die Welt|last1=Leubecher|first1=Marcel}}</ref> == By location == Crimes such as [[drug trafficking]], [[weapon trafficking]], [[extortion]], [[prostitution]], [[money laundering]] and [[contract killing]] are mostly present in poorly maintained areas of urban centers such as [[Berlin]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Hamburg]], [[Hannover]], [[Duisburg]], [[Cologne]] or [[Düsseldorf]]. ==See also== * [[Human trafficking in Germany]] * [[Immigration and crime in Germany]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{Germany topics}} {{Crime in Europe}} [[Category:Crime in Germany| ]] [[Category:Organised crime groups in Germany]]'