h/t Baron Bodissey
Original translation by Nash Montana, subtitling by Vlad Tepes
Here is some additional information on Bushido vs. Abou-Chaker and clan. It’s wiki info on the two rappers mentioned in the video, Bushido and Capital Bra (LOL yes that’s his name), and on Abou-Chaker, leader of the largest Arab family clan in Berlin.
- The story on Bushido vs. Abou-Chaker
- Arafat Abou-Chaker Wiki
- Bushido Wiki
- Capital Bra Wiki
Video transcript:
| 0:00 | I now greet Rainer Wendt from the German Police Union. | |
| 0:03 | Nice to have you here, Herr Wendt. | |
| 0:06 | So this was quite a big blow against international weapons dealers. | |
| 0:09 | How did we even get on the trail of this gang? | |
| 0:12 | Well, first of all this is a blow, yes, and an especially big one. | |
| 0:15 | At the end of a very intense investigation | |
| 0:18 | you can strike at multiple targets at the same time, | |
| 0:21 | especially with the special task force. | |
| 0:24 | I can only say that was a great blow, but whether it’s going to be | |
| 0:27 | Effective, we can only see once we proceed, once it begins, | |
| 0:30 | especially how the men behind it will be uncovered. | |
| 0:33 | But for now, to the Berlin Police, great work. | |
| 0:36 | It is very unusual in that there actually were | |
| 0:39 | 700 weapons or more there, | |
| 0:42 | that we could intercept all that and confiscate it all. | |
| 0:45 | Yes, but I’m afraid there are a lot more weapons in the country, | |
| 0:48 | illegal weapons. I’m sure that number goes into the millions. | |
| 0:51 | We can see that especially coming from the Balkan wars, | |
| 0:54 | that there is still an incredible amount of inventory around, | |
| 0:57 | and they have to go somewhere, and so that’s where they’re being sold to. | |
| 1:00 | So what is the situation generally in terms of weapons smuggling into Germany? | |
| 1:03 | The weapons smuggling into Germany is extremely lively. | |
| 1:06 | There’s a huge market for it here: | |
| 1:09 | there’s biker [rocker] gang crime; | |
| 1:12 | there are large extended Arab clans. | |
| 1:15 | There are a lot of buyers for these illegal weapons, | |
| 1:18 | and insofar as authorities stay on the ball with this, | |
| 1:21 | and not only on the national, but also the international scene, | |
| 1:24 | I am sure of that, the German police didn’t work this on their own, | |
| 1:27 | and that is a good thing. | |
| 1:30 | We’d like to talk about another topic, and that topic is family clan crime. | |
| 1:33 | Especially in Berlin this is a huge issue, which is in the headlines | |
| 1:36 | right now because of the arrest of Arafat Abou-Chaker and his brother. | |
| 1:39 | One might almost think that for the past few months | |
| 1:42 | there’s been a harsher crackdown by the police, why only now? | |
| 1:45 | First of all, your question is valid. | |
| 1:48 | For a space of thirty years it was merely observed how everything developed | |
| 1:51 | into these perfect parallel societies, where these people could | |
| 1:54 | develop their criminal enterprises. | |
| 1:57 | Thomas Heilmann from here in Berlin, the former Justice senator, | |
| 2:00 | who was the initiating party back in 2017, | |
| 2:03 | he determined that the most vulnerable spot, | |
| 2:06 | the one spot where we can really grab by the neck, | |
| 2:09 | was their finances, their assets and wealth. | |
| 2:12 | Those assets can be confiscated for now. | |
| 2:15 | In Berlin alone 77 immovable properties | |
| 2:18 | that have been seized as of today, | |
| 2:21 | the results of this we’ll just have to see as we proceed, that’ll take some time for sure. | |
| 2:24 | And also in North Rhine-Westphalia there have been raids and seizures of properties | |
| 2:27 | and arrests, so yes, we are definitely seeing a stronger crackdown on this, | |
| 2:30 | finally, because these are the right times to do so, and in NRW | |
| 2:33 | we saw that Herbert Roll, the minister of the interior, | |
| 2:36 | always participated at these raids live on location, which means that there is now | |
| 2:39 | also strong political backing present now, which is exactly how it should be. | |
| 2:42 | Let’s take another look at the case of Bushido against the Abou-Chaker clan, | |
| 2:45 | where another rapper now has inserted himself into the case, | |
| 2:48 | his name is “Capital Bra”, and he published a video on the internet | |
| 2:51 | which we’ll listen to quickly: | |
| 2:54 | “I’m not anymore with idiot [he published albums with Bushido — translator], | |
| 2:57 | because he now works together with police, | |
| 3:00 | he works for police now. He got police protection. | |
| 3:03 | OK. One might understand. Kids were in danger. | |
| 3:06 | Now he s**ts on folks, folks go to the slammer, | |
| 3:09 | and… I am not for that, I did everything for him, | |
| 3:12 | even people said don’t do it, but I did it anyway, | |
| 3:15 | because we were a team. But we are not a team. | |
| 3:18 | The police are now his team… | |
| 3:21 | Bushido now plays for the police team, | |
| 3:24 | not in “my” team anymore, what does that tell us? | |
| 3:27 | First of all, I don’t believe a word, of course he doesn’t “play” with the police now… | |
| 3:30 | You don’t think he is cooperating? Oh sure he cooperates, but he’s not | |
| 3:33 | playing on our team. Our team is rather limited, and | |
| 3:36 | and it actually follows the rule of law, and so even when one cooperates, | |
| 3:39 | that doesn’t mean that he “plays” on our team. But that is — | |
| 3:42 | this description that he is now on the police team, | |
| 3:45 | that is of course the deadliest contempt that a guy can show another in that scene. | |
| 3:48 | I mean, you can accuse someone of being a gangster, a crazy guy or whatever, | |
| 3:51 | but to call someone a snitch, a traitor, you’re with the police now, | |
| 3:54 | you’re on the other side now, there’s definitely a serious threat in there, too. | |
| 3:57 | it also clearly shows how these clans despise the constitutional state. | |
| 4:00 | Yes, they despise it and they completely ignore it. | |
| 4:03 | They have built complete parallel worlds, | |
| 4:06 | with their own justice system, their own set of rules | |
| 4:09 | that they brought with them, | |
| 4:12 | and that we now have to try to disband. | |
| 4:15 | This is going to be a lengthy process and we are only at the beginning now. | |
| 4:18 | Says Rainer Wendt, and thank you very much for being here. |
