Crime
Caution Beagle Boys!
In Germany, more and more ATMs in the banks blew up. Only on every second Attack will be money stolen. However, the detonations cause millions of damage and have since 2011 increased drastically.
For serious thefts were alone in the year 2015 a total of 132 ATMs blown up. In 2011, there were only 38, accounted for the Federal criminal police office (BKA) the enormous increase in. In this year the series is being continued – again, mainly in the most populous state of North Rhine – Westphalia.
Especially in rural regions, in communities around the 1000 inhabitants of hitting the offender in preference to. The proximity of motorways is crucial in the selection of the banks. No wonder: “The perpetrators to escape quickly, and rarely last longer than five minutes with the explosions,” says a spokeswoman for the state office of criminal investigation in Düsseldorf.
Dangerous Gas Mixture
The camera is a video surveillance, a blowing up in Niederkassel-Mondorf near Bonn, the progression of events accurately capture. Then glued to the offender first, the ATM airtight and launched, then brought the bottles with a gas mixture in the vending machines. Dnn the Gas was ignited. A try, the camera zuzuhängen, did the robbers do not. You were hooded.
During the Raids, everything seemingly a matter of routine. The Detonation does not hurt the offender does not, but the vestibule of the Bank is as destroyed during an air RAID. The damage in the buildings of all the robbed banks amounts nationwide has now grown to nearly ten million Euro.
The damage, the devastation frequently exceeds the loss of money
Business for criminal gangs
What is going on here and why take the action? According to the BKA, the Panzerknackern both the individual offender as well as criminal gangs, both from the respective Region, as well as from the Netherlands, as well as Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
The perpetrators are not always professional: Only half of all explosions, loot of money actually. The destruction by physical damage to equipment and buildings, however, goes in the millions. In one case In the district of Aachen will even attempt a vault with a tractor from the Wandverankerung to tear.
Because the perpetrators predominantly in the border area to the Netherlands to strike, the focus of the state police on several travelers gangs which are specialised and have probably from the Netherlands out to operate. On average, the dangerous Tresoranschlägen to the 140,000 euros stolen.
Chases and first arrests
The police operated in intensive investigations of all conceivable Fahndungsinstrumente, undercover investigations, including transport and phone tapping.
A mobile task force of the Landekriminalpolizei North Rhine Westphalia in Dorsten managed a group on the act. There were German nationals, three men, aged between 26 and 33 years. They should be for March 2015, alone 13 ATM blown up. In Hamm, a gang stopped on ATMs in the stores had specialized.
Especially ATM in savings banks were the perpetrators of blown up. Photo: Theo Titz/dpa
Armored car in sight
In June and December 2015, there were no ATMs blown up, instead, were two armored car is robbed. Three Masked men left a Bazooka unused, shot with rapid-fire brand Kalashnikov on the car. Balls remained in the sheet metal and the tire stuck. Escape without his prey.
After these acts done something almost unbelievable. It will be at the crime scene, the DNA traces of three members of the Red army faction (RAF). This Association was for the linksmotivierten Terror of the 1970s is responsible, but had an official Letter in 1998 for dissolved explains. The RAF still had in 1993 a bomb attack on a prison in Hesse committed.
Is there a connection? The Federal Prosecutor’s office sees no terrorist-related Raids. To a conceivable connection with the rocks, the ATM machines, there is no Ermittlerseite a Manifestation.
German banks carelessly
The main reasons why the blowing up of ATMs, especially in Germany, have increased, are in a “situation” of the police Presidium in Potsdam listed: Too little surveillance, and no Geldmarkierung for tampering with the machines. In some European countries such as Holland, Belgium or France, where this criminal business has been previously “discovered”, are the banknotes in an attack on ATMs, with a Farbspritze marked and thus made unusable.
German banks did so far these investments. The managing Director of the banking Association North Rhine-Westphalia, Franz-Josef Arndt explained to the newspaper “Handelsblatt”, that attacks on automated teller machines were never completely prevent can.
Many banks are now passed to, the Schalterräume between one and three o’clock at night for the public to connect. Manufacturer of ATM machines have a device designed that the energy of a Gasangriffs intercepts. The police have the banks for more tips how to get the spook brought to end. These notes are but from “ermittlungstaktischen reasons” kept secret.