raids
| March 27, 1953 | Arrest Gives Pair Fine New Engrams | Two Dianetics practitioners were arrested and released in Detroit. Police are deciding whether to bring charges, and what charges to bring. Six E-meters were seized. | |
| January 4, 1963 | The Food and Drug Administration raids Scientology | The Food and Drug Administration raids Scientology, seizing mounds of paperwork and hundreds of e-meters. The government alleges massive medical fraud in their use. | |
| July 7, 1977 | The FBI raids Scientology's headquarters in Washington, | The FBI raids Scientology's headquarters in Washington, DC and Los Angeles. The GO is taken by surprise and tens of thousands of incriminating documents are seized, including complete records of the infiltration and burglary of the IRS and other government departments. | |
| July 8, 1977 | FBI raids Church of Scientology offices in | FBI raids Church of Scientology offices in Los Angeles and Washington, DC. 134 agents seize 48,149 documents from church premises. | |
| November 9, 1979 | U.S. District Court Releases Some FBI Raid Documents | U.S. District Court, D.C. District, makes some of the documents seized in the FBI raids available to the general public. | |
| March 3, 1983 | Ontario Provincial Police raid offices of Church | Ontario Provincial Police raid offices of Church of Scientology in Toronto, seizing 250,000 documents in a 20-hour search. | |
| December 18, 1984 | Scientology's Application To Quash The Search Warrant Used In The Toronto Raid Resumes | Scientology's application to quash the search warrant used in the Toronto raid resumes. The proceeding had been adjourned until the Casey Hill contempt issue had been resolved. | |
| December 2, 1991 | Toronto Raid Documents Thrown Out as Evidence | Judge Southey rules that none of the documents seized in the Toronto raids can be used as evidence in the trial, because too many documents were seized in a wholesale manner by officers ignoring the limitations specified in the search warrant. | |
| February 10, 1998 | A short piece about the German raid | A short piece about the German raid on the Scientology Org in Munich is aired on television. | |
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