In 2017, the German Federal Prosecutor's Office investigated a German Army Lieutenant known as "Franco A." allegedly a right-wing extremist accused by the authorities to have been involved in a conspiracy to carry out serious violent acts that endangered state security.[67] Commenting on the case the German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said "When [Franco A.] master's thesis says that immigration leads to the genetic genocide of Western peoples, then it should be crystal clear to everyone that we are dealing with Nazi ideas". After her ministry has issued a report on the incidents detailing examples of soldiers performing the Nazi salute and racially abusing service members from minority backgrounds; she stated in April 2017 that the ministry would make significant changes.[68]