Overview
- North Rhine-Westphalia expanded the Gelsenkirchen vault-heist task force to about 350 investigators working three shifts, logging 30,000 items and thousands of hours of video as officials detail manipulated access points and launch BAO “Bohrer.”
- The death toll from the Andalusia high-speed train collision rose to 45, with Spanish authorities and Germany’s Foreign Office confirming a German victim as unions seek written safety guarantees and plan a national strike for February 9–11.
- Berlin police executed searches at 14 locations with more than 300 officers over a December Spandau shooting, detaining multiple suspects aged 21 to 28 and seizing drugs, weapons and ammunition after identifications using video analytics and super recognizers.
- Tyrol police are investigating two major online frauds, including a months-long case costing a 72-year-old a low six-figure sum and a crypto credential theft causing mid five-figure losses, and have issued renewed warnings on phishing.
- Police reported separate public-safety cases, including a suspected illegal street race crash in Mülheim tied to excessive speed and the discovery of a deceased man in a Frankfurt van where investigators currently rule out foul play.