Police warn: Pockets are targeting women in Dortmund!

Police warn: Pockets are targeting women in Dortmund!

Dortmund, Deutschland - The Dortmund police urgently warns of a series of pickpocketing, which are piling up in the city center, especially in drugstores and a shopping center. The aim of the perpetrators is women who wear their smartphones unprotected in hand or coat pockets. Between September 2023 and March 2024, 85 thefts were registered in this context, such as the Nordstadtblogger

The criminal police are based on an organized approach in which the perpetrators act in terms of division. While an accomplice distracts the customer, the smartphone is stolen. Since then, this stitch has shown more and more, the police suspect that there is a connection to band theft. Last year, two suspects were identified and arrested. A 21-year-old Algerier was then deported in October 2024 and received an entry ban.

watchful measures recommended