Federal Council Wants to Impose Stricter Sanctions on the Use of K.o.-Drips in Criminal Offences

The Federal Council wants to impose stricter sanctions on the use of K.o. drops in the case of robbery and sexual offences. In future, the minimum penalty for such acts should be five years in prison. The bill now goes to the Bundestag and the Federal Government.

K.o.-drips can be life-threatening and trigger traumas. Since they are used like weapons to make victims docile, they should now also be evaluated accordingly in the penal framework.

Robbery and sexual crimes using K.o.-drips are to be punished more sharply.

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