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The Dutch police have warned Germany of an increase in explosives attacks with illegal fireworks.
Drug gangs, ATMcrackers and disputed neighbors: In the Netherlands, explosives from Böllern are widespread. Wholesalers in Germany play an important role in this.
Dutch dealers massively selling illegal fireworks used in explosive attacks from Germany
Dutch firework dealers are selling heavy fireworks that are illegal in the Netherlands from Germany on a large scale, according to an investigation by RTL Nieuws. Fines and prison sentences don’t seem to deter them - at least seven Dutch dealers in the German border region have been convicted one or more times in connection with illegal fireworks, but continue to operate their fireworks businesses.
Dealers in Germany apparently play an important role in the illegal fireworks market in the Netherlands, where heavy firecrackers are also used to make explosives for attacks and ATM bombings. This is reported by the Dutch broadcaster RTL Nieuws and the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" after joint investigations. Dutch dealers are reportedly coming to Germany specifically to exploit the less stringent laws, the differing jurisdictions, and the l…
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