Czech-Austrian police team has investigated 130 cases of criminal activity since last year

A special team of Czech and Austrian police officers, who have been collaborating in the border areas since 2009, has uncovered 130 cases of crime so far. A spokesman for the Czech police said on Tuesday that 20 perpetrators, who caused a total of 2.5 million Czech crowns in damages, were arrested by the team in 2009. Theft and burglary accounted for the majority of criminal acts committed by Czechs in Austria. Austrian citizens arrested in the Czech Republic most often were charged with drug crimes and fraud. The biggest success of the special police team was the arrest of two men who burgled a number houses and apartments in the Czech Republic and Austria, causing damages of about 1.5 million Czech crowns.