By order of 29 August 2018 (file number (4) 151 AuslA 59/17 (40/18)), the Berlin Court of Appeal (Kammergericht) clarified that extradition to Turkey is inadmissible if there is a threat of prosecution for a political offence.

A special chamber will be established at the Cologne Regional Court at the beginning of 2019. In future, this chamber will be primarily responsible for cases involving sexual offences, i.e. rape or sexual abuse.

goldfinger criminal tax evasion

According to recent reports in the Handelsblatt, in January 2019 the public prosecutor’s office brought charges against 19 people accused of evading taxes