Overview

• The Landeskriminalamt executed a court-authorized search of the Tourismusverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (TMV) offices in Rostock on May 13, 2025.
• The search, conducted on behalf of the Staatsanwaltschaft Schwerin, targeted evidence related to suspected subsidy fraud by the former managing director.
• Authorities seized numerous documents and digital data, which will now be analyzed as part of the investigation.
• The probe follows a February 2025 complaint by the state economics ministry over irregularities in the accounting of nearly six million euros in annual state subsidies.
• State funding to TMV has resumed after leadership changes and plans to restructure the organization into a fully state-run entity were announced.