Kiel fraudsters: arrest after cruise on the Aidabella!

Kiel fraudsters: arrest after cruise on the Aidabella!

Kiel, Deutschland - On May 22, 2025, a 42-year-old German was arrested in Kiel after he had traveled from Copenhagen with the cruise ship "Aidabella". The arrest was carried out during a routine review of the passenger list by the federal police when the ship on the Ostseekai. It turned out that the man was searched for by fraud by an arrest warrant. This information was fromNDRconfirmed.

The federal police received the man after the ship was put on. When the passenger list was checked, his identity could be determined, whereupon the arrest warrant was opened. After the arrest, the man was brought to a correctional facility, where he has to serve a prison sentence of eight months because of his fraud crime. This also reportspresseportal.de.

Federal Police monitors the sea border

The responsible Federal Police Directorate in Bad Bramstedt, which is responsible for monitoring the sea boundaries in the North and Baltic Sea, employs around 2,600 people. The management has submitted several federal police inspections that play a crucial role in ensuring German security interests.

The routine controls in which the passenger lists are checked are an important instrument to maintain security and to uncovering offenses such as the present case. The man's arrest illustrates how effective these procedures can be.