Germany

En påstand om, at DR skulle producere en dokumentar om Wirecard-skandalen, cirkulerede på sociale medier i 2023-2024, men blev ikke bekræftet af DR eller andre troværdige kilder. Wirecard-sagen er en af verdens største regnskabsskandalers, hvor det tyske betalingsselskab kollapsede efter at have gemskjult milliarder i gæld.

En tysk domstol har afsluttet én af Europas største bandekonflikter med at domfælde 43 personer til i alt 137 års fængsel. Stuttgart-fejden mellem rivaliserende rockergrupper og kriminelle netværk førte til skyderier, sprængninger og mord over flere år.

Four people were shot at forest parking areas in Göhrde between 1986 and 1989. It took 21 years to find the perpetrator — only when genealogical DNA databases became available.

Between 1992 and 1993, a single man terrorized all of Germany with bomb threats against major department stores. Arno Funke, operating under the alias 'Dagobert,' evaded capture for months before finally being arrested—and now features in a new Amazon series starring Friedrich Mücke.

Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, bestyrelsesformand for Treuhand, blev dræbt af RAF-terrorister i sit hjem i Düsseldorf den 1. april 1991.Mordet markerede den mest spektakulære terroristattак i Tyskland efter årtier.

Jens Söring, a German citizen, was convicted in 1986 of murdering the parents of an American judge in Virginia. After 33 years in prison, the validity of his conviction was heavily questioned due to weak evidence and procedural failures. He was released in 2019 and extradited to Germany, where he was not prosecuted further.

Torsten O. was a German serial killer who confessed to murdering at least 10 people in Hamburg between the 1970s and 1990s by dissolving their bodies in sulfuric acid. Operating across several decades in the industrialized city, his methodical approach to destroying evidence made him one of West Germany's most shocking criminals. His case became pivotal in advancing German forensic science and criminal investigation techniques.

On May 31, 2024, a knife attack occurred at Marktplatz in Mannheim, Germany, during a demonstration by the right-wing extremist group Die Basis and pro-Palestinian activists. A 25-year-old man of Afghan origin wounded six people, including five police officers present to maintain order at the demonstration.

One of Germany's most shocking child abuse cases was uncovered at Campingplatz Emsland near Lügde in 2019, where two men systematically sexually abused at least 43 children over several years. Andreas V. and Mario S. exploited their positions to gain access to vulnerable children while authorities failed in their oversight. The case exposed massive systemic failures in child protection and local government oversight.

At least 31 children were systematically abused at a German camping site between 2007 and 2018. The most shocking revelation: local authorities repeatedly placed vulnerable children directly with the main perpetrator.

Rote Armee Fraktion var en marxistisk-leninistisk terrorgruppe, der i næsten tre årtier gennemførte attentater, bankrøverier og kidnappinger mod vesttyske staten og kapitalistiske symboler.

On August 15, 2007, six Italian members of the Ndrangheta were shot and killed in Duisburg, Germany, in one of Europe's most brutal mafia attacks. The massacre was the culmination of a bloody feud between Calabrese mafia clans and marked a turning point in understanding the international reach of organized crime.

On December 1, 2020, 51-year-old Bernd W. drove a stolen Jeep into the packed pedestrian zone of Trier, Germany, killing five people and injuring 18. Investigators quickly concluded it was suicide by mass murder, not terrorism.

Peggy Knobloch was only 9 years old when she disappeared from her hometown of Fürth in Bavaria on July 31, 1996. Her death was not confirmed until 27 years later, when suspected perpetrator Carsten Ansorge led police to her skeletal remains in 2023.

Fritz Honka was a German serial killer who murdered at least four women in Hamburg during the 1970s. The homeless man lured victims to his apartment in the notorious Reeperbahn red light district, where he hid their bodies beneath the floorboards. He was finally arrested in 1979 after years of undetected crimes.

Lügde-skandalen blev afsløret i 2019, da tysk politi opdagede et omfattende netværk af børnemisbrugere i den lille vesttyske by Lügde. Sagen førte til dommene over flere gerningsmænd og kritik af tysk ordensmagts håndtering.

A German nurse was charged with poisoning at least six patients with insulin at a Berlin hospital, sending them into comas. The case raised critical questions about patient safety and monitoring in German healthcare institutions.

The podcast series MAFIA LAND documents how Italian mafia organizations have established themselves in Germany, operating through restaurants, real estate deals, and small businesses as legitimate fronts.

On January 31, 2022, two German police officers, Yassin M. and Alexander W., were shot and killed during a routine traffic stop near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate. The officers were ambushed on a rural road during a nighttime patrol between January 30-31. Two men were arrested shortly after and later convicted of the murders, receiving life sentences without parole.

Two young police officers were shot during a routine traffic control in Germany. Now a podcast series tells the story behind the brutal killing.