German police raid neo-Nazi criminal youth groups

Police have raided around 50 homes and other locations, targeting people suspected of involvement in far-right criminal youth groups that have recently emerged in Germany.

Prosecutors said the suspects were believed to be part of two groups, “Jung & Stark” (JS), or Young and Strong, and “Deutsche Jugend Voran” (DJV), which means Forwards German Youth.

Although far-right groups in the Germany have not in the past hidden their activities, recent groups such as JS and DJV have shared their activities more openly on social networks, in an apparent bid to recruit young disenfranchised men.

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