More than 271 thousand bicycles were stolen in Germany.
In 2015, 330 thousand stolen bicycles were stolen in one year, while this figure has been steadily decreasing every year and decreased to 271 thousand in 2019.
In Saxony, where different statistics on the subject are seen in the country, the police announced that 19,077 bicycles were stolen in 2015, while this figure increased to 20,551 in 2019.
In Saxony, some police officers have caused a major scandal by smuggling bicycles out of state warehouses, the “Fahrradgates”, and selling them on the second-hand market. Vanessa Fink, spokesperson for the Leipzig Police Department, said that the investigation into the case is ongoing and that around 1,000 bicycles were stolen by police officers from warehouses and sold in this way.
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