GB: 'Automatendiebstahl' - Disintegration
Geschrieben von Andreas am 10. Oktober 2003 19:02:49:
Als Antwort auf: Nachrichten (ausnahmsweise schon um 16 Uhr... geschrieben von Andreas am 10. Oktober 2003 16:01:44:
People are being warned of a new threat from organised crime gangs, many of them from Romania, who are targeting cash machines and stealing millions of pounds each year.
The crooks are using pinhole cameras, card skimmers and other gadgets to obtain personal identification numbers, card details and in many cases the cards themselves, from customers. Detective Inspector Roger Cook, head of the City of London Police's Cheque and Credit Card Unit, said cash machine fraud had cost the banks more than £30m so far this year.
He said the gangs - some of which are also involved in human trafficking and prostitution - were becoming more and more sophisticated and were spreading out across the UK.
cost of ATM fraud:
1997 - £8.2m
1998 - £9.7m
1999 - £12.2m
2000 - £18.3m
2001 - £21.2m
2002 - £29.1m
Jan-Oct 2003: More than £30m-> Die kriminelle Schattenwirtschaft wird langfristig - sollte ein Dark Age kommen - immer grössere Ausmasse gegenüber der "normalen" Wirtschaftstätigkeit einnehmen. Disintegration und Disorganisation.
Gruss
Andreas