The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and prosecutors from six federal states are taking action against an online group called the “New World Order” (NWO). This Tuesday morning they searched the apartments of ten members of the group and seized numerous electronic devices and storage media. BKA said. The Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor’s Office has accused ten people of being the leaders of a criminal organisation that committed crimes such as systematic cyberbullying and cyberstalking.
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They are said to have selected people from the live streamer scene as victims, often vulnerable or cognitively impaired people. Organized trolls of the “New World Order” are said to have persecuted, intimidated and humiliated them on social media. The accused are also said to have posted signs of unconstitutional organizations or inflammatory content in related comment gatherings. The victims are to be mocked and forced to give up their online presence.
It is also said that the accused tried to obtain personal data of the injured parties to publish it in the relevant stream, a practice known as doxing. To do this, they used, among other things, fake telephone numbers to obtain data from public and non-public databases and officials using false identities.
Misuse of emergency calls
The accused are also said to be involved in so-called snatching. Emergency services show up at the victim’s apartment while she is live streaming. The accused are said to have misused emergency calls made to the fire department, police or gas problem service.
The BKA stressed, “Crimes committed online do not go without consequences, as offenders can expect continued prosecution at any time, especially if particularly vulnerable or vulnerable people are targeted.” For example, in March this year, police cracked down on hate posts against women by raiding suspects.
According to research by the television magazine Datenschütz and “Spiegel”, the NWO group has been attacking live streamers in an organized manner for years. It is said that there have been 75,000 internal chat messages and audio recordings of conversations from various sources over a period of about six years. It is also said that the NWO targeted politicians and harassed them with bomb threats, including at schools. According to its own information, the “Institute for Security and Data Analysis in Streaming” (ISDS) has counted 1,048 streamers on Twitch since February 2022 who have come under the radar of the “NWO”. This was said in April this year,
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