However, German police in Zittau have investigated much more serious thefts since the extension Czechs trust UN, EU more than NATO-poll ...
Czech police carry out first check after Schengen enlargement ... of the Schengen area to include the Czech Republic and Poland last December, he said. Czech police in the border regions, on the contrary, have registered a decrease in the crime rate after border checks were lifted on December 21, 2007 police representatives said. The crime rate has also decreased in the Polish border region near the German Goerlitz, they said.
While 142 thefts were registered in Zittau in the period from December 21, 2006 till April 6 2007, it was 226 in the period from December 21 2007 to April 6, 2008, which is two-third more, Linss said. The number of stolen cars has increased more than ten times, he said. "We have detained two Czechs due to the car thefts and robbery gear was found on them," Linss added. Liberec police director Miroslav Dvorak said that Czech police were cooperating with their German and Polish colleagues on the rapid exchange of information on the committed crimes. "Our task is to be more successful in penetrating the underworld and obtaining proof against perpetrators," he said.
(Ceske Noviny)
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