Organized crime (OC) is a particularly harmful form of crime. The violence frequently used by the perpetrators and the dependency relationships and links with public life and the legal economic cycle result in a particular threat to society.
"The state government has set itself the goal of combating the spread of organized gang crime. We are countering criminal members of family clans with a zero-tolerance strategy and maximum control and prosecution pressure. We will make it clear that we will not tolerate any lawless areas or parallel...
Since the introduction of the concept for dealing with sex offenders at risk of reoffending (KURS) in NRW in 2010, only 3.1% of them have relapsed. Scientific studies on the recidivism rates of sex offenders predict that around 20 percent of those released from prison will reoffend.
Witness protection measures serve on the one hand to protect the endangered witness and on the other hand to ensure that this person's testimony in court is uninfluenced.
The exchange of information with foreign countries is a form of foreign affairs that falls within the remit of the Federal Government according to the Basic Law. The LKA NRW examines both the requests sent by the police authorities from NRW to other countries via the BKA and the requests sent from a...
