COLOGNE, Germany, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- David Duke, a former Louisiana legislator and leader in the Ku Klux Klan, was arrested in Germany, he confirmed on his Web site.
While not releasing details, the former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said he was arrested for a "gross twisting of travel laws," The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Wednesday.
The incident, Duke's Web site indicated, involved a private, peaceful gathering of about 100 German citizens "eager to hear my message of heritage and freedom."
The Huffington Post said his arrest could to be tied to Duke's expulsion from the Czech Republic in 2009, where he was detained on suspicion of denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in many European countries, including Germany.
A statement by the Cologne police said Duke "was not entitled to stay in Germany" because of a travel ban against him in another European country, the newspaper said.
Duke spent a year in a U.S. prison in 2003 after pleading guilty to tax fraud and using supporters' donations to pay gambling debts.
