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| May 13 2025 | The German Federal government banned the main Reichsbürger organization, 'Königreich Deutschland'. |
| 2024 | Dutch intelligence and security services estimated the number of Dutch sovereign citizens to be several tens of thousands, indicating a significant growth of the movement. |
| 2024 | A viral video of an incident between sovereign citizen conspiracy theorists and traffic police increased public awareness of sovereign citizen ideology in France. |
| 2024 |
Dutch intelligence and security services estimate the number of sovereign citizens in the Netherlands to be several tens of thousands, signaling the significant growth of the movement in the country.
An analysis of the sovereign movement in the Netherlands - With your back to society | Publication | National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism
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Sovereign Citizen Groups in the Netherlands are Arming Themselves: Cause for Concern? | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT
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| July 2024 | A movement member was put on trial for attempting to illegally acquire firearms, highlighting the escalating confrontational approach of Dutch sovereign citizens. |
| July 2024 | A member of the sovereign citizen movement in the Netherlands is put on trial for attempting to illegally acquire firearms, highlighting the growing concerns about the movement's potential for radicalization. |
| 2023 | The sovereign citizen movement begins gaining traction in the Netherlands, with members of 'Common Law Netherlands Earth' organizing themselves as 'sheriffs' and rejecting the established rule of law. |
| May 2023 | Pauline Bauer was sentenced to 27 months in prison for her participation in the Capitol riot. |
| April 2023 | Bonnie and David Straight, 'sovereign citizen gurus', were arrested and detained on several charges. Bonnie Straight was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for a 2015 gun charge, with the court rejecting her jurisdictional arguments. |
| January 2023 | Pauline Bauer was found guilty on all counts of misdemeanor and felony obstruction of an official proceeding. |
| 2022 | Darrell Brooks, the Waukesha Christmas parade attack perpetrator, claimed to be 'sovereign' during his pro se defense. Judge Jennifer Dorow ruled sovereign citizen arguments were nonsense. Brooks was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to life without parole. |
| December 7 2022 | German police conducted a nationwide raid, arresting 25 people connected to the Reichsbürger movement for their involvement in a suspected terrorist plot against the German government and institutions. |
| September 2022 | The One Nation spokeswoman was arrested and incarcerated. |
| February 2022 | The French spokeswoman of One Nation was sentenced to six months in prison for multiple traffic violations. |
| 2021 | A New Age-oriented French group called 'One Nation' became publicly known for their involvement in a child kidnapping incident. |
| 2021 | The One Nation movement attempted to purchase a property in Lot, claiming it would be used as a 'center for the arts' and a 'research laboratory'. |
| 2021 | People affiliated with One Nation were reported to be active in Belgium. |
| 2021 | Pauline Bauer, a Pennsylvania restaurant owner charged for participating in the Capitol riot, claimed to be a 'self-governed individual' and 'Free Living Soul'. She was jailed for contempt of court and later remanded to jail for refusing to cooperate. |
| 2019 | The leader of the Austrian sovereign citizen group was sentenced to 14 years in jail for attempting to order the army to overthrow the government and requesting foreign assistance from Vladimir Putin. |
| 2019 | The Reichsbürger movement in Germany had approximately 19,000 members, primarily concentrated in southern and eastern regions. |
| 2018 | Self-proclaimed judge Bruce Doucette and his associates are sentenced in a significant law enforcement action against sovereign citizens. |
| 2017 | Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle attempted to overturn his child sex tourism and child pornography convictions by denying the court's jurisdiction. The court dismissed his motions. |
| 2015 | Australian New South Wales Police Force identifies sovereign citizens as a potential terrorist threat. |
| November 2015 | The Austrian sovereign citizen group 'Österreichische Staatsbürger' was established, creating its own passports and licence plates. |
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