Transgender Former Elite German Police Officer Confesses to Raping 15-Year-Old Girl
In Bavaria (a state in southern Germany), a 55-year-old transgender woman and former officer of the elite anti-terrorism police unit GSG 9, identified as Maja S., has confessed to raping a 15-year-old girl. The trial has begun at the Traunstein Regional Court.
According to reports by the German newspaper Die Welt , the incident took place in the women’s restroom of a fast-food restaurant on the highway between Munich and Salzburg. The crime came to light in October 2025 when the defendant’s former fiancée discovered suspicious messages on her phone, contacted the teenager, and subsequently reported it to the police on her behalf.
During the investigation, a Kalashnikov assault rifle and around two thousand files containing child and animal pornography were found in Maja S.’s apartment. Investigators noted the presence of brutal scenes involving young children from the age of three, as well as homemade videos with animals involving the accused herself.
As part of a plea deal aimed at sparing the victim from having to testify, Maja made a confession in exchange for a prison sentence capped at three and a half years. As compensation, she must pay the victim 5,000 euros and give her a motorcycle. The defendant is currently being held in the men’s ward of the Stadelheim prison in Munich, which her lawyers say causes her severe distress due to male attention and search procedures conducted by men.
The defendant previously served in the elite GSG 9 special unit. While working there before her transition, she participated in foreign missions, including being stationed in Afghanistan during a major terrorist attack near the German embassy in Kabul in May 2017. She subsequently decided to transition and underwent hormone therapy. The police supported her decision, and she even became one of the faces of a recruitment campaign for the forces.
GSG 9 is a special operations unit of the German Federal Police, created in 1973 following the hostage crisis at the Munich Olympics. The squad specializes in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and apprehending highly dangerous criminals.
The case of Maja S. has sparked broad debate in German media and society. While most publications refer to the perpetrator using female pronouns, some conservative journalists criticize this approach and are calling for a review of Germany’s recently enacted “Self-Determination Act,” which simplifies the process of legally changing one’s gender marker.
