Domain names are not property, and this is not under the pervue of law enforcement. The country registrar (NIXI) is working together with someone to prevent abuse of their systems. When you purchase a DNS entry, you agree to this sort of thing as part of the ToS.
The domain got transfered to The Verden Public Prosecutor's Office.
Evidently law enforcement was involved in some capacity.
Right; this is essentially the same as a mail server operator relying on a DNSBL.
Exactly
This is what I was wondering as well, it seemed bizarre to me and I expected there to be much more outrage here about it. I wonder if it's a bit like local parking regulations, which tend to be written in ways that allow towing companies to abuse you as much as possible.
I have heard bad things about shadowserver in the past. Now I wonder how much other collateral damage they have done over the years.