Sascha Kohlmann
This will therefore be an all-time record. The last record was set in 2018, when around 370 ATMs were blown up and robbed. In 2019, 349 ATMs were blown up in Germany.
According to the BKA, in 2020, in 160 cases the robbers managed to reach the target and get the cash; in the remaining cases the robbery went wrong. ATMs are blown up the most in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Western Germany, with 174 ATMs robbed there in 2020.
Criminal gangs from the Netherlands are the most active in blowing German ATMs, with more than half of the suspects operating from there. Most of them are from Utrecht and Amsterdam. According to the BKA, in some cases the perpetrators were from Romania and Moldova. It is noted that in such crimes, the damage to the ATMs exceeds the amount of money stolen.
source: dpa.com
According to the BKA, in 2020, in 160 cases the robbers managed to reach the target and get the cash; in the remaining cases the robbery went wrong. ATMs are blown up the most in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Western Germany, with 174 ATMs robbed there in 2020.
Criminal gangs from the Netherlands are the most active in blowing German ATMs, with more than half of the suspects operating from there. Most of them are from Utrecht and Amsterdam. According to the BKA, in some cases the perpetrators were from Romania and Moldova. It is noted that in such crimes, the damage to the ATMs exceeds the amount of money stolen.
source: dpa.com
