ARD (German public TV, Channel One) lays out an interesting story over crime in Berlin, and the 'gangs' this morning.
A 'peace-talks' occurred in the past week in Berlin. A mediator (retired boxing champ and German-Arab) was brought into a situation with two crime clans....one being Arab-related and other Chechen. After a fair amount of discussion....the two clans settled differences and declared peace.
The Chechen presence? Twenty years ago....they were non-existent in Germany as part of the criminal enterprise.
At some point, the Arab gangs needed muscle to establish a presence....so they went to what I'd call 'service-providers'....the Chechen guys. For seven years, the Chechen fell into a line of work that included guns, and serious threats on the competition.
Somewhere along the way, the Chechen guys figured out the various methods of profiting, and established their own crime clan operation.
By the news report....the Chechens are now established in eastern and northern Germany.
A problem now? Most gangs up until this point....had a limit on war-like operations. The Chechens apparently don't have this limit. So the German police, if you follow the news discussion here...now see this development as a major problem. They marginally held their own with the Arab gangs of the past decade, but this situation is a whole new ball game.
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