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German police and customs officers on Saturday night conducted a series of raids against what they termed “clan crime” in the western city of Duisburg. Two arrests were made during raids at 23 locations, the police said. The focus was on commercial premises like tearooms, gambling halls, betting shops, restaurants, barbershops and shisha bars in the city area. The term clan crime is controversial in Germany because, according to critics, it stigmatizes and discriminates against people with a migration background due to their family affiliation and origin. Duisburg and other cities in the Ruhr …

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