German police carry out raids targeting far-right youth groups, according to Deutsche Welle. Prosecutors say the groups are prone to violence and accuse them of forming a criminal organization. The reporting describes the actions as part of an investigation into alleged organizational structures and related conduct.

In a separate item mentioned alongside the raids, Deutsche Welle notes that Friedrich Merz has completed his first year in office as chancellor. The coverage presents the two developments together within its Germany news brief, without indicating a direct link between the raids and the chancellor’s first-year milestone.

The sources provided focus on the police action and the legal allegations, while not detailing the number of people detained, the specific groups involved, or the evidence cited by prosecutors. The summary therefore reflects only the points that appear in the available descriptions: the raids, the prosecutors’ characterization of the groups’ violence risk, and the criminal-organization allegation.