[Update from January 10, 2024]: For the first time in Germany, the use of so-called undercover agents in the police is to be regulated by law. The Federal Ministry of Justice made proposals on this in July, which have now been changed again. According to this, undercover agents may have previous convictions. The draft law provides: The use of undercover agents must be approved by an investigating judge, undercover agents may not commit crimes or incite innocent people to do so. Undercover agents should not work for authorities for more than ten years. _______________ It's about a lot of drugs, dealers, a lot of cash and an extremely controversial undercover agent: Thomas K. He is a so-called undercover agent, a police confidant. Such informants are supposed to provide police investigators with crucial tips. They are usually well connected in organized crime, often shady figures with a criminal past. Thomas K.'s approach is said to show a problematic pattern: He is alleged to have pressured patients in a rehab clinic to commit crimes in 5 cases. How far can an undercover agent go? _______________ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:48 How legitimate is it for an undercover agent to incite someone to commit a crime? 07:15 How far can an undercover agent go? 09:44 Who is Thomas K.? 12:36 What the judiciary and politicians say about the use of informants 15:16 Outro _______________ Authors: Christian Werner, Jannis Holl Camera: Niclas Fiegert, Christian Werner Editing: Markus Dippner, Christian Werner, Eva-Maria Arndt Speaker: Jörg Vogel Art Director, Graphics: Nicolas de Leval Jezierski Graphics: Marie-Louise Stoll, Zakwan Khello Team Cine Impuls Leipzig: Lisa Goldberg, Dirk Nebel, Anne Haferung, Henrik Merker Head of Social Media Cine Impuls Leipzig: Veronika Prütz CvD Cine Impuls Leipzig: Rita Kundt Producer Cine Impuls Leipzig: Anke Kossira Editorial staff frontal: Christian Rohde, Kyo Mali Jung Head of Content frontal ZDF: Kyo Mali Jung _______________ Songs in the video: “High Crime Area” - Didier Viseux “Chaos Underground” - Florian Philipp Mueller “Dirtiest Laundry” - Joshua Herschel Klein “We Call It Law” - Carsten Litfin “Mission Deadlock” - Andrew Brick Johnson “Pot Vs Kettle” - Matthew Margeson, Fabio Marks “Self Assurance” - Matthew Margeson, Fabio Marks “Something To Hide” - Andrew Brick Johnson “Firewall Street” - Brandon Campbell “Police Trap” - Viktor Petrov “Zero Day Threat” - Joshua Herschel Klein “Observation” - Nicholas Jonathan Hill, Andrew Michael Ernest “Threat Level” - Nicholas Jonathan Hill, Andrew Michael Ernest “Behind The Corner” - Nicholas Jonathan Hill, Andrew Michael Ernest “Dark Deeds” - Christopher Edmund Elmslie, Nicholas Jonathan Hill, Andrew Michael Ernest “Self Assurance” - Matthew Margeson, Fabio Marks _______________ Further links: Are stricter rules for the use of undercover agents coming? https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/... Overview: What are undercover agents? https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/... Documentary; Extremists with a state mandate - the system of informants: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfi... _______________________ Welcome to #frontal! You're probably already familiar with the exciting documentaries and reports from our colleagues at ZDFheute Nachrichten, ZDFinfo or ZDF Magazin Royale. frontal is the YouTube format for the program of the same name, the ZDF's political magazine ________________ More from frontal? There's a new video on this channel every week. Don't want to miss anything? Subscribe to frontal! Do you have a topic suggestion? Write to us: [email protected] ________________ More information at: Media library: https://www.zdf.de/politik/frontal#xt... Twitter: / zdffrontal Facebook: / zdffrontal Netiquette: https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/... Imprint: https://www.zdf.de/service-und-hilfe/... #truecrime #zdf #frontal