Offshoots as far as Vienna

“Mocro-Mafia”: The new harshness in the drug business

Torturing renegades or debtors on a converted dentist's chair (original photo from the Dutch police). Drug raids are no longer possible without a special squad.(Bild: APA/Picturedesk (AI generiert), Politie Landelijke, Krone KREATIV)

Germany has just been surprised by a new dimension of violence in the drug milieu. The notorious "Mocro Mafia", which is rampant in the Netherlands, is spreading across Europe. People are tortured with converted dentist's chairs, heads are cut off, murdered and kidnapped. The clans consist mainly of Moroccans, and there are also massive problems with North Africans in Austria. The Vienna "Maghreb" task force describes the precarious situation.

The Cologne district of Rodenkirchen is considered tranquil - actress Annette Frier grew up here and ex-show host Max Schautzer has his retirement home here. But what happened there last Friday evening is chilling: A special task force (SEK) freed two hostages who had been brutally tortured by their kidnappers.