Germany is hiring more security officials to hunt down Neo-Nazis
The German government has created 600 more jobs, 300 in the police and 300 in the intelligence services, to stop the rise of far-right neo-nazi movements within the country. The country has faced a number of scandals involving high ranking officials who had sympathies with the Nazi movement. The government is taking a pro-active approach to fighting the rise of intolerance.
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