According to the Munich I Public Prosecutor’s Office, new arrests have now been made. On Thursday, 30 police officers and three prosecutors raided several apartments in Munich and near Augsburg.
The reason: According to spokesperson Juliane Grotz, the prosecutor’s office has been investigating two men and two women since April. “The accused are each charged with the commercial and gang-related smuggling of foreigners in a large number of cases.” During one raid, investigators confiscated documents, mobile phones, and computers, along with approximately €100,000 in cash—potentially the proceeds of their illegal activities.
According to Grotz, the case once again involves the Foreigners’ Office! It is alleged that a female employee primarily obtained residence permits for Vietnamese nationals in exchange for money. The investigation involves “more than 40 cases.” A Vietnam connection at the KVR! The public prosecutor’s office stated that two of the suspects—a woman and a man—are now in pre-trial detention.
Corruption in the Foreigners’ Office? This Time it Involves Vietnamese Nationals
The KVR employee has been released under certain conditions. She is also under investigation for accepting bribes and for commercial and gang-related document forgery. She is alleged to have created residence permits and fictitious certificates in exchange for money from November 2024 to March 2025. The other three suspects are alleged to have acted as intermediaries for clients.
This is not the first such incident. Back in March, police and the public prosecutor’s office had already searched the Foreigners’ Office on suspicion of bribery. At that time, six people were under suspicion. In August, three of them were formally charged. According to information from the tz newspaper, their clients were not Vietnamese, but individuals from the Arab world, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Investigators believe this scheme operated from 2022 until January 2024, with the suspects also receiving handbags, trips, and chauffeur-driven limousine rides for their illegal services. They were caught in March.
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