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Saxony Logs Record Extremism Caseload as PTAZ Backlog Deepens

A surge in right‑wing and ambiguous online offenses is overwhelming Saxony’s state security unit.

Overview

  • The LKA’s PTAZ opened 1,449 new extremism investigations in 2025, up 21% from 2024’s 1,196.
  • Active state‑protection workload exceeded 2,200 files, with 759 cases carried into 2026 and a clearance rate near 63%.
  • About one third of 2025 intakes were right‑wing (435, nearly 20% higher), while more than half (805) were not clearly assignable, often tied to online threats.
  • Soko Rex handled 266 right‑wing probes as severe left‑extremist cases under Soko Linx fell to 17.
  • The interior ministry created Soko ReliX and an espionage/sabotage unit, and police opened 24 investigations after a large Dresden march of right‑wing extremists and counterprotests.