BERLIN — Germany's Interior Ministry says police are raiding buildings used by what it calls the country's largest neo-Nazi group in an effort to find evidence to support banning it.
The ministry said in a statement Tuesday that police started the sweep of buildings and houses belonging to members of the group in the morning.
The Aid Organization for National Political Victims and their Relatives, or HNG by its German acronym, is believed to have some 600 members. Authorities accuse the group of encouraging neo-Nazis to commit crimes.
Deputy Interior Minister Klaus-Dieter Fritsche says evidence found in the raids will show whether the HNG's work violates Germany's constitution in an "aggressive and combative" manner that could lead to a ban.
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