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Remmo clan in court: dispute over confiscated real estate
Current developments in the case of the confiscated clan properties in Berlin: New confiscation proceedings before the Berlin regional court. Read more about the legal dispute over land and apartments that are assigned to the Remmo clan.
Remmo clan in court: dispute over confiscated real estate
A spectacular action took place in the summer of 2018, which led to a lengthy legal dispute over apartments and land. Since Monday, five properties that were acquired between 2013 and 2019 have been heard in the Berlin district court. The buyers were two men aged 40 and 72. The public prosecutor's office applied for the confiscation of the properties in an independent procedure. A total of 77 properties were confiscated almost six years ago because prosecutors believe they were purchased with money from crimes.
The 40-year-old man's lawyer explained that "money from his parents' and grandparents' generations" was used to purchase the real estate. It is “old money” from the family, which already owned real estate in Lebanon. The lawyer emphasized that his client had nothing to do with the crimes committed by relatives. Members of the extended German-Arab family have already been convicted of various thefts, including thefts in Berlin and Dresden.
The 40-year-old man's lawyer described the proceedings as "politically motivated" and the confiscation requests as illegal. He referred to a decision by other district court judges who had rejected the confiscation of assets belonging to the man's nephew. The public prosecutor's office has lodged an appeal against this. Neither the 40-year-old nor the 72-year-old man appeared on the first day of the trial. The 40-year-old is said to have purchased three apartments, while the 72-year-old purchased two properties “in trust” for the 40-year-old. The trial will continue next Monday.