The German Association of Judges accuses the federal states of: organized crime to make business easier. “The state governments are leaving billions of euros behind for the state because they are too focused on the personnel costs of law enforcement,” criticized Federal Managing Director Sven Rebehn in an interview with the newspapers of the Funke media group. In Germany, money laundering worth around 100 billion euros is carried out every year.
Drug gangs, human traffickersEconomic and financial criminals have it too easy in Germany because they often have to deal with law enforcement agencies that are chronically understaffed and poorly equipped with technology, said Rebehn. He added: “It plays into the hands of organized crime that there are now 2,000 prosecutors missing nationwide, a million open cases are piling up among investigators and complex cases in particular often cannot be investigated due to a lack of resources and end in deals.”
Dispute over money to strengthen the judiciary
According to Rebehn, “every additional euro that flows into more investigators to better combat financial and economic crime would ultimately flow back into the state treasury several times over.”
In the summer, the federal government promised to provide the states with around half a billion euros over the next four years to create additional positions and digitalize the justice system. This is supposed to be a The “Pact for the Rule of Law” needs to be redrafted. Compared to the previous edition, the support is to be doubled, as Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) announced. However, due to discrepancies in financing, the topic was recently taken off the agenda at the Prime Minister’s Conference.
