police misconduct
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The Undercover Policing Scandal — institutional abuse case
Institutional scandal in which British undercover police officers deceived women into intimate relationships while infiltrating activist groups over decades.
NSU Terror: 10 Murders and Years of Police Failure
Between 2000 and 2007, the far-right terror group National Socialist Underground killed nine migrants and one police officer across Germany. Police suspected the victims' families instead of recognizing the obvious racist motive.
Werner Pinzner – Hamburg Hitman 1986
Werner Pinzner was a German contract killer convicted in 1986 of committing at least three murders in Hamburg. His case exposed the hidden criminal networks behind contract killings in 1980s West Germany, making it one of the most significant organised crime prosecutions of the era.
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