Slovenian police achieved a breakthrough in fighting white-collar and organised crime as well as corruption in 2006, but its record on petty crime and road safety was worse, police director general Joze Romsek said on Monday as he presented the annual report on police activities.
Figures suggest that police registered 90,354 crimes last year, an increase of 7.1% over the year before. Just under 41% were resolved, 1.7 percentage points more, Aleksander Jevsek, the director of criminal police, told the press.
It is estimated that the crimes caused damage in excess of EUR 168m.
The number of crimes against persons and property was up 4.3% and 2.6% respectively, while the number of sex offences and crimes perpetrated by minors dropped by 10% each, according to Jevsek.
The number of organised crimes under investigation soared by 38.5% year-on-year. Police also investigated 499 cases of organised crime, up 25.7%.
According to Jevsek, the number of drug-related crimes increased the most, but crimes involving illicit weapons, money counterfeiting, extortion and bribes were also on the rise.
Police also registered almost 49,000 violations of public law and order, down from over 52,000 the year before, and 31,569 traffic accidents, in which 262 people were killed.
There were also 25,107 cases of illegal border crossing by foreigners.
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