Germany secured over 20,000. media with Nazi music as part of an investigation against eight suspects

More than 20,000 media with Nazi music were found during Wednesday's searches in the apartments of the four main suspects, the prosecutor's office and the police in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern said in a statement. Searches were also carried out in places associated with eight other suspects.

Investigators' findings

As part of the operation, approximately 130 data carriers were also seized, including hard drives and mobile phones, as well as approximately EUR 2 million. About 11,000 were found on the four main suspects - aged 43 to 55. euros in cash.

The operation concerned music that investigators called "National Socialist, anti-Semitic, racist and dehumanizing."

Searches in Poland

German services also reported that material production sites in Estonia, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic were searched. The mere possession of recordings with Nazi motifs is not, in principle, punishable in Germany.

However, disseminating certain propaganda materials of organizations that are inconsistent with the constitution and storing them for further dissemination is punishable. This also applies to neo-Nazi content.