Gang war for ATMs: Police chased out criminals!

The hunt for a particularly dangerous criminal is sparked: the 29-year-old Dutch, known as the head of the infamous “Rammbock” gang, broke out of prison on Monday morning. In 2023, this gang made headlines with a number of burglary thefts and ATM blasts, especially in Markgrafneusiedl in the Gänserndorf district. The police have been looking for the man since the outbreak and has already published a photo to ask the population for help. Notes are treated confidentially and can be directed to the State Criminal Police Office in Lower Austria, as 5min.at reported.

On the same day, the investigative authorities from Germany and the Netherlands achieved a significant success in the fight against criminal structures that are responsible for ATM blasts. During searches in the Amsterdam, Utrecht and Haag region, the investigators found both explosive material and stolen goods such as money counting machines and smartphones. Nine of the 23 suspects are now in custody. The Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius emphasizes that the authorities thus succeed in finding knowledge about the organizational structures of these criminals. In 2022, 414 ATMs were blown up in Germany, whereby the perpetrators were able to capture significant prey from up to 100,000 euros thanks to professional planning. The cross-border use, such as FAZ.NET , the result is over a year and a half of intensive investigations and shows how important international cooperation in battle is such crimes is.