up being carried out by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) under the name "Shadow". In addition, several state criminal investigation offices and state offices for the protection of the constitution were involved. Over 3,000 police officers, including officers of the GSG 9 unit, searched more than 130 sites (including homes, offices, and storage facilities) throughout Germany, one of the largest anti-extremist raids in the nation's history. Searches of areas in Austria and Italy took place simultaneously. During the raids, coordinated by the Federal Police, 25 people were arrested out of a total of 52 suspected far-right coup plotters associated with the Reichsbürger movement. Those implicated in the suspected plot included active military personnel and policemen. Prosecutors stated that those arrested plotted an armed overthrow of the German government and the democratic constitution. The "Patriotic Union" group had stockpiled Iridium satellite telephones, expensive devices which could operate even if the electricity network was down. The General Federal Prosecutor Office said: "The arrested suspects belong to a terrorist organization which was founded by the end of November 2021 at the latest and which has set itself the goal of overthrowing the existing state order in Germany and replacing it with its own form of state, the outlines of which have already been worked out." Those arrested included aristocrat Heinrich Reuss (who styles himself "Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz") a 71-year-old descendant of the House of Reuß, who owns an estate in Thuringia where the group met, several of his followers, and a 69-year-old former Bundeswehr parachutist commander identified as Rüdiger von P. Also arrested was Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a former Alternative for Germany (AfD) member of the Bundestag and a current judge. Police connections with movement There were renewed calls for more serious measures against the movement in 2016, including revocation of firearms permits and seizure of their weapons, following disciplinary action against police officers allegedly connected to the movement. On 27 October 2016, a Bavarian Police officer was suspended from duty because of his connections to one of the movements. There have been allegations of similar kind against other police officers in different states of Germany as well. List of groups The following is a non-exhaustive list of KRRs that have received media coverage. Fürstentum Germania, formerly based at Krampfer Palace, established in 2009, claims 300 adherents. Interim Partei – Das Reicht Zentralrat Souveräner Bürger, based in an inn in