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If we can't ban 'em, let's bankrupt 'em

Title: If we can't ban 'em, let's bankrupt 'em
Date: Thursday, 6 December 2007
Publisher: Spiegel
Main source: spiegel.de
Tags: GermanySpiegel

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Germany's interior ministers have faced frustrating setbacks fighting the far-right in court. A new tactic under consideration involves hitting organizations that support the party where it really hurts – in the wallet. [...] Some interior ministers have also voiced their support for using this tactic on other groups. "That must also be valid for left extreme or radical foreign establishments," Bouffier said. Such a foreign establishment could include the Church of Scientology, which German politicians have labelled as a money-making cult ... [Read the rest at spiegel.de]