Wrong police officers: In 2024, was reduced by 13 million euros!

Wrong police officers: In 2024, was reduced by 13 million euros!

In 2024, the Austrian police recorded a dramatic decline in fraud in cases of fraud by false police officers, with preliminary damage of just seven million euros compared to 20 million euros in the previous year. This is a decline of more than 60 percent in the advertisements, such as Holzer, the head of the "False police officers" investigative group, reported. In the past few months, around 150 suspects have been arrested, including a case of two US polish double-stem citizens who cheated their victims by one million euros in 2023. These men were arrested in August and already convicted, while their accomplice is still on the run, such as Kleine Zeitung reported.

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An alarming development shows itself in the area of cyber trading woman. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, the damage caused by online plant fraud rose from 60.5 million euros in 2022 to at least 95.5 million euros this year. In order to counteract this growing threat, a specialized investigation group was set up in the Federal Criminal Police Office. The Interior Minister Gerhard Karner also pointed out that the reform of the crime service is being promoted, among other things with a new presentation to combat organized crime in every state crime office until mid -2025, so Krone . These developments are part of a comprehensive strategy to combat cyber crime and to promote prevention.

The data also show positive trends in the area of cybercriminal attacks. While a decline of 6.4 percent was recorded in 2023, according to Holzer, this could be misleading, since the classification of offenses is affected in the course of a judgment of the Supreme Court. However, the clearance rate was slightly from 33.9 percent in the previous year to 31.6 percent. More than ever, the police call for contemporary methods to combat cyber crime without needing general citizen monitoring. Karner makes it clear: "We don't want a national Trojan", but have to equip the security authorities with the latest tools in order to prevent serious crimes.