FPÖ Raises Alarm Over Austria Grooming Gang Scandal
After immigrant gangs abused young girls unpunished for decades in the UK, reports suggest Austria might be the next country where the government is turning a blind eye to the problem.
After immigrant gangs abused young girls unpunished for decades in the UK, reports suggest Austria might be the next country where the government is turning a blind eye to the problem.
Sebastian Schwaighofer and Gernot Darmann, members of Austria’s Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) have called for a nationwide crackdown on what they describe as organized immigrant “grooming gangs.”
Schwaighofer described the situation as “a completely new dimension of crime,” claiming that gangs “primarily from the Arab and Turkish regions” had established “a veritable infrastructure of abuse” designed to exploit vulnerable girls. He characterized the alleged crimes as “modern-day slavery” taking place within Austria.
Right-wing activist Martin Sellner also exposed the situation in Austria in a social media post, claiming hundreds of minor girls might be in captivity, hooked on drugs, and exposed to sexual assault. Sellner highlighted that lately, drug abuse-related deaths among minors have been surging, potentially linked to the activity of local grooming gangs.
Schwaighofer argued that the reported cases are not isolated incidents but evidence of organized criminal structures operating across the country. He referenced reports involving a 14-year-old girl in Salzburg whose case allegedly uncovered a wider network of apartments connected to abuse, calling the case “only the tip of the iceberg.”
FPÖ representatives also sharply criticized Austria’s federal government. Schwaighofer accused the interior ministry and the governing coalition of failing to address the issue, claiming authorities do not even maintain exact figures on drug-related deaths among minors because “there is obviously no interest in documenting the true extent” of the problem.
Darmann echoed the criticism, accusing the coalition government of focusing on policing speech while “a new form of imported crime is escalating in Austria.” He claimed that parliamentary proposals submitted by the FPÖ aimed at combating gang rapes had been rejected by the SPÖ, ÖVP, NEOS, and Greens.
The Austrian grooming gangs situation is eerily similar to the one in the UK, where the government is still reluctant to acknowledge the existence of immigrant criminal networks preying on working-class white girls.
Calling the parliamentary response “a scandal” and “a slap in the face to every victim,” Darmann demanded immediate action against the alleged criminal networks. He called for large-scale police raids in cities including Vienna, Salzburg, and Innsbruck, arguing that suspects should be detained and deported rather than serving sentences in Austrian prisons.
“Anyone who stands by while their own youth becomes fair game for imported criminal gangs has forfeited any right to govern this country,” Darmann concluded.
Zolta Győri is a journalist at europeanconservative.com.
