Crime in Slovenia in 2012

Abstract

This article presents data on crime known to the Slovene police, as well as changes and factors that have affected their work. Given the statistics for 2011, the main deviations in data concerning police work in the area of crime for 2012 are as follows: perpetrators caused through their crime a loss of 537.4 (271.8) million euro, meaning an increase of 97.7%; the share of cases involving financial investigations carried out by the police increased by 20.6%, and there was a 64.8% rise in the number of criminal offences, while the number of criminal complaints filed against persons rose by 78.3%.

The prosecution of economic and financial crime and corruption was one of the major police priorities. The increase in economic crime was not particularly significant, but the damage caused by these criminal offences, increased by 154.9%. Based on implemented financial investigations, the police filed 135 (69) requests for the seizure of property benefits in the amount of 179.3 (52.4) million euro the State Prosecutor's Office.

Regarding property criminal offences, it should be emphasized that in 2012, the police successfully investigated several robberies and burglaries. Furthermore, the police filed a criminal complaint against 3 perpetrators of the 2005 robbery of the bank SKB.

Police dealt with 91.430 (88.722) criminal offences, out of which 46.8% (49.1%) were solved. However, the police were more successful in detection of criminal offences, since the percentage of criminal offences, detected through their own activity, rose from 11.8% to 12.1%. One-half of all criminal offences were dealt with by the Police Directorate Ljubljana.