Serial thief in Klagenfurt: 47 machines looted and arrested!

Serial thief in Klagenfurt: 47 machines looted and arrested!

Although the surveillance recordings initially made no identification of the perpetrator, the intensive investigations finally led to the suspect of the accused. He admitted that he had broken into the machines in order to finance his livelihood and consumption of addictive substances. It is estimated that the total damage of the thefts, including property damage, amounts to several ten thousand euros, whereby the value of the stolen amounts of money goes into thousands.

Investigations and consequences

The investigators used various measures, including the analysis of crime scenes and observation of potential suspect. This targeted approach ultimately led to the series thief could be exposed. As the Federal Criminal Police Office states in its police crime statistics (PKS), the detailed detection of committed crimes is a decisive factor for planning criminal police measures. The PKS has been managed since 2001 and takes into account the number of crimes displayed and their development over a period of ten years.

The PKS and the security reports based on them are created by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Justice, help to take both preventive and repressive measures against crime. It is important to note that the PKS only recorded crimes indicated to the police, which means that not all criminal activities are taken into account in the statistics.

The clarification of the case of the Klagenfurt serial thief is an example of how targeted investigations and modern data evaluation techniques can contribute to combating crime. It is to be hoped that such a measure will lead to improving the security of the population in the region.