Police operation in Duisburg: Large campaign against social fraud reveals audacity!

Police operation in Duisburg: Large campaign against social fraud reveals audacity!

In Duisburg, a comprehensive police operation will take place on Tuesday morning, which directs attention to a serious problem with social service fraud. According to Radio Duisburg around 130 police officers stormed a total of six apartment buildings around 6 a.m. The aim of the mission is 435 registered Southeast Europeans who are suspected of illegally obtaining income from state coffers.

The authorities fear that these people are part of a widely branched fraud system. In recent years, reports on organized groups have repeatedly accumulated that bring large families from Bulgaria and Romania to Germany, promise them a better life and then intertwined them into a network of illegal social service claims. This problem is also made by focus Referred to the backers.

The stitch behind the fraud

The procedure is terrifyingly simple and sophisticated at the same time. After arriving in Germany, the migrant families are often brought directly to the residents' registration office and to the family fund. There they sign applications for social benefits and open bank accounts. The funds obtained in this way, especially child benefit, do not end up with the families, but the criminal networks that they remove. These groups collect the amounts, while families often only receive a negligible income and are mostly forced to work black.

The problem is not new in Duisburg either. Mayor Sören Link previously commented critically on the targeted migration in the social system of Germany and the child benefit transfers to Eastern Europe. The latest reports show a worrying increase in foreign children's girders that sneak social benefits through counterfeits. According to Deutschlandfunk in 2018 spent almost 37 billion euros in child benefit, of which over 7.6 billion went to foreign recipients.

reactions and measures

The arrest of four suspects during the recent commitment shows the urgency of the situation. Some of these people were illegal in Germany without papers and life. The investigation by the Taskforce of the Düsseldorf State Criminal Police Office is another step to combat these grievances. Achim Schmitz, the senior criminal director, illustrated the risks associated with illegal immigration and the associated social fraud.

The problem of abuse of social benefits is particularly pronounced in municipalities with high immigration, such as Duisburg. In North Rhine-Westphalia, around 40 cases with damage of 400,000 euros were found in connection with child benefit fraud. Despite all efforts, the federal government must continue to find solutions to improve the situation. A planned draft law to combat such fraud cases could result in additional competencies for financial control.

In the meantime, Duisburg will experience some impairments in public life today. On the occasion of the Old Women Tuesday, many urban offices, including the town hall on Burgplatz, close at 9 a.m. The transport connection is also affected by construction sites and diversions, whereby the bus line 941 and other connections are affected.

The weather in Duisburg is changeable today with many clouds and occasional showers, while the maximum temperatures are around 8 degrees Celsius.