Overview
- Police set up the Ermittlungskommission EKO Kajal to centralize the inquiry into claims that members of the local drug scene targeted mostly underage girls for sex in exchange for drugs.
- EKO Kajal, which began work on Monday May 18, has identified ten people and placed four under formal investigation as the probe continues with the public prosecutor's office.
- Investigators say one 23-year-old suspect is in custody and that arrest warrants have been issued for two other men who are currently at large.
- Authorities describe a pattern in which men allegedly courted vulnerable girls with gifts, supplied hard drugs such as crystal meth to create dependence, and then withheld drugs except in return for sexual acts.
- Cases are concentrated around Nelson-Mandela-Platz, Celtispark and the Südstadt near the main station, and youth services report capacity shortfalls after two affected girls were moved to residential facilities outside Bavaria.