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The best protection against burglars This news is as disturbing as it is shocking: The number of house and flat burglaries has dramatically increased in the last year. While the perpetrators are almost always able to escape unpunished, many people affected are in a state of shock. Finally, there is a security system that routs the burglars before they can cause damage or harm: the SECPLAN Schutz-Haus (safety house). TEXT: SECPLAN TECHNIK GMBH, TRANSLATION: NANE STEINHOFF I PHOTOS: SECPLAN TECHNIK GMBH
Germany’s fight against burglars has been unsuccessful. Politicians and the police cannot do much to protect citizens. The latest crime statistics reveal how alarming the situation really is: more and more professional gangs of thieves increase the numbers of burglaries. The perpetrators 64 | Issue 42 | September 2016
especially target flats and houses because burglars have especially easy pickings here. A burglary every three minutes Rainer Wendt, chairman of the German Police Union (DPoIG), warns: “Germany is a paradise for burglars!”The risk to become
the victim of a burglary is constantly increasing. In the meantime, a burglary happens every three minutes in Germany. The perpetrators know that the chance of being caught is extremely low. That is why more and more brazen thieves enter flats and houses in broad daylight. Burglary: this is how the victims suffer While burglars almost always escape unpunished, victims suffer. Whether it is money, jewellery, pictures, mobile phones or laptops, the loss of expensive valuables and loved memorabilia hurts. Even worse are the psychological effects