Brazen trick thieves in Spittal: older men brought their money!

Brazen trick thieves in Spittal: older men brought their money!

Spittal an der Drau, Österreich - in Spittal on the Drau are currently up to mischief. As the police report, on June 30, July 2 and July 9, 2025, a total of three older men aged 81, 87 and 96 years were victims of thefts. The unknown perpetrator used a perfidious stitch to get cash. He asked the elderly men whether he could change a 2-euro coin in two 1 euro coins and pretended to want to need money for a parking machine. After the victims reacted, they later noticed that they lacked cash from their wallets when they filed the complaint with the police in Spittal/Drau, it was already too late. osttirol online reports that ...

The search for the perpetrator, who is between 30 and 50 years old and has a size of 175 to 180 cm, has so far been unsuccessful. It is striking that the dark hair and a very well -groomed appearance has. The local authorities are trying to clarify the incidents and ask for information from the population. Any detail could lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. My district has the details ...

increasing crime and prevention

The current situation in Spittal is part of a larger phenomenon, which is shown by the recent Security study 2025 of the trade association. Accordingly, 86% of Austrian dealers have already had experience with crime. It is particularly noteworthy that over 500 million euros are lost annually by shoplifting - this accounts for more than 0.6% of the total retail turnover!

The numbers are alarming: 91% of the dealers have reported shoplifting, and 42% had to struggle with break -ins several times. In view of these developments, it is not surprising that 53% of the business owners consider safety precautions such as closing operating rooms or training of the staff. Video surveillance is also an important topic for many dealers.

The number of offenses not only grows in stationary retail, and crime is also always brazen in the online area. 64% of domestic web shops were damaged by cybercrime. Phishing, malware attacks and bot nets are the most common problems with which dealers are faced. It shows how important preventive measures are to increase security and to counteract the increasing threat.