31.07.2023
Investigations by ZAC NRW lead to another suspect - Münster police (EK "Rose") are looking for the unknown person with a picture
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22.02.2023
Podcast on the website of the Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues
Marco Krause is head of the Cybercrime Department in Münster. He talks about the abuse complexes in Lügde, Bergisch-Gladbach and Münster - and how the police are succeeding in dismantling so-called child porn rings.
01.03.2022
The Münster public prosecutor's office has brought charges against a 39-year-old suspect on suspicion of sexual abuse of children, some of it serious, before the youth chamber of the Münster district court for the protection of minors.
The proceedings of the Münster public prosecutor's office are directly related to the ongoing investigation by "EK Rose".
Here is the press release from the Münster public prosecutor's office
06.01.2022
Uncovered through investigations by EK Rose:
Klagenfurt District Court sentences 45-year-old Austrian man to 15 years in prison for serious sexual abuse of children
(Addendum to the press release of 14.12.2020)
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07.07.2021
Police chief Falk Schnabel sees district court ruling as a clear message
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02.07.2021
EK Rose: 33-year-old from Regensburg in custody
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07.06.2021
Further indictment by the Münster public prosecutor
The Münster public prosecutor's office has brought charges against a 37-year-old man from Wuppertal before the Münster Regional Court's Youth Protection Chamber. This is the twelfth indictment filed since the investigation began in May 2020. The police investigation by Münster Police Headquarters ("EK Rose") is ongoing.
19.05.2021
Further indictment by the Münster public prosecutor's office
(Addendum to the press release of 05.02.20218)
The Münster public prosecutor's office has brought charges against the 31-year-old mother of an eleven-year-old boy at the Münster Regional Court's youth protection chamber. She is alleged to have known about the repeated abuse of her son.
25.03.2021
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
(Addendum to the press release by the Cologne public prosecutor's office - ZAC - and Münster police headquarters dated 18/11/2020)
The Münster public prosecutor's office has filed a further indictment with the Youth Protection Chamber of the Münster Regional Court. This indictment is directed against the 34-year-old man from the district of Warendorf who was arrested on 13.11.2020:
05.02.2021
Arrest in connection with the EK Rose - partner of the 27-year-old Münster man in custody
Here is the press release:
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4831573
29.01.2021
Arrest of a 37-year-old man - Incriminating evidence in connection with the "EK Rose" A warrant was issued for the arrest of the man from the district of Würzburg at the request of the public prosecutor's office in Würzburg.
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4825264
15.01.2021
Further investigations in Austria - The Upper Austrian State Police Directorate is searching for further possible victims and witnesses by publishing photos and appealing for victims
:
https://www.polizei.gv.at/ooe/presse/aussendungen/presse.aspx?prid=41455445725379746A4E493D&pro=0
December 14, 2020
EK Rose investigation leads to Austria - arrest of two suspects in Carinthia
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4790730
18.11.2020
"EK Rose" investigation leads to Warendorf district - judge orders 34-year-old accused to be remanded in custody
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4767551
13.11.2020
New arrest in the "EK Rose" abuse case - judge orders remand in custody against 35-year-old accused from Heiligenhaus
Here is the press release:
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4762368
04.11.2020
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children (supplement to the press release of 30.06.2020)
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4753085
November 2, 2020
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4750693
28.10.2020
New indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4746958
22.10.2020
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4741229
08.10.2020
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4728491
15.09.2020
Further indictment on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4707235
04.09.2020
Arraignment of several defendants on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4697699
06.08.2020
Arrest of a suspect in Saarbrücken on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of a child in the Rhine-Erft district
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4672826
02.07.2020
52-year-old man from Norderstedt in custody - result of searches in four federal states
Here is the press release:
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4640509
30.06.2020
Three more arrests - searches in four federal states - investigations against three more suspects
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4638613
23.06.2020
Investigation commission expanded - 34 police authorities from NRW involved in evaluating IT evidence - vacation apartment in Belgium inspected
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4632293
13.06.2020
Search for clues in the arbor continues - head of investigation Joachim Poll: "We will turn over every stone"
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https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4622424
12.06.2020
Data storage tracker dogs deployed during searches - "Theo" finds hidden iPad and USB stick in the apartment of the 45-year-old accused in Münster
Further information can be found in the press release:
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4622182
06.06.2020
Arrested following allegations of serious sexual abuse of children - Seven suspects in custody
During a press conference, the Münster public prosecutor's office and the Münster police informed the press representatives present in detail.
The joint press release from the Münster public prosecutor's office and the Münster police can be found here:
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/11187/4615903