However, the clearance rate has also fallen – from 63.5 percent to 57.3 percent. It should be noted here that the number of offenses related to cybercrime, such as Internet crime, has increased sharply: attempts at fraud are often reported, which ultimately remain unsuccessful thanks to the attention of the potential victims, but are reflected in the reporting statistics.
investigative approaches difficult
The investigative approaches are difficult because the potential victims would often delete the communication before reporting to the police, there was no cash flow and the effort involved in investigating the unknown suspects, who were usually somewhere abroad, was disproportionately high. so the police.
In many cases, the investigations also failed due to legal hurdles, since certain investigative measures in criminal proceedings should not be carried out at all due to the lack of financial damage, according to the police.
