Overview
- The operation used roughly 650 officers and closed the A3 north of Wiesbaden for a checkpoint at Rastanlage Medenbach while traffic was routed through the rest area.
- Authorities checked 1,071 people, 149 premises and 92 vehicles and filed 32 criminal charges plus more than 68 administrative notices during the coordinated sweep.
- Security services secured about €700,000 in assets, including two luxury cars valued at €390,000 and €130,000 and a watch worth roughly €60,000 that investigators say are suspected proceeds of money laundering.
- The multi‑agency action combined police, customs, tax investigators and the central financial transaction office with tools such as drones, mobile X‑ray baggage scans and targeted searches of bars, shops and homes.
- Officials framed the sweep as a response to travelling offenders and to the online phenomenon called 'Violence as a Service' and said further large, coordinated operations and an official bilan from the Interior Ministry and HLKA will follow.