According to a recent decision will now evidence such as videos from surveillance cameras are not to be collected, other than in exceptional circumstances, the head Echo.
the Decision, which came into force in October, extends forward to the new year and relating to, inter alia, fraud on mobile, romansbedrägerier and foreign investeringsbedrägerier.
who is the head of bedrägerisektionen in Stockholm, tells the Echo that the reason for this decision is lack of resources.
” It was because we had a harsh location with a small resource and a inflow had increased 15 percent compared with last year. So we had to deal with it here to make it best for the plaintiff, but at the same time have a good working environment, ” says Jessika Nilsson.
is concerned.
– This sends the wrong signals. It signals that it is free, ” says Nina Jelver, bedrägeriexpert on the American Trade, to the Echo.
sent the police a press release in which they pointed out that the decision does not mean that they do not investigate all crimes.
– We handle all the cases. In contrast, means the priority that sometimes it can take longer before we investigate some cases. We have recruited in the autumn and is working on further recruitment in order to improve the status of the resources and our working environment, ” says Jessika Nilsson in the press release.
the Police in Stockholm, 100 to 150 fraud cases every day. At the national level were reported just over the 200,000 crimes over the last year.
Bedrägerisektionen at the Police have just now 8.000 open fraud cases.’
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