Supreme Criminalist: – Syrian for the first time under the top 3 of the suspects

Andreas Holzer has been responsible for more than 800 employees in eight departments of the Federal Criminal Police Office for four years. A year before his term of office (for the time being) he runs an interim assessment with the “Kroon”. He leaves no doubt that from 2026 he would like to stay the best criminal officer in the country: “I still have a lot ahead.”

“You don’t have to save money here”
For example, the criminal dispute, that the police stations of the country must digitize, modernize and position it. Holzer does not believe that a future government could easily eliminate that reform. He also does not advise: “You must implement them despite participating in savings projects.”

The police can only correctly protect the population with modern measures
A tiring subject runs like a thread through the work of the police, criminalists and intelligence agents – the lack of way of checking measurement services. The fact that it is finally implemented seems extremely unlikely under blue black. One is deaf and blind in certain studies, Holzer said. And further: “How does the population not get the police the adequate powers?” The same levels would also be observed in the monitoring of the messenger, said Holzer.

Cooperation with other countries worldwide needed
In the future, Holzer is planning to continue training, recruitment and digitization. There are already three so -called Cyberwakken in Tamsweg (SBG.), Horn (Lower Austria) and in Vienna Floridsdorf. Young people would be enthusiastic about police work in schools. In the future, Holzer wants “people who both the police and the” can have for his federal criminal law agency. Moreover, he has a further expansion of international cooperation. You must also take states such as China: “We need the whole world as a cooperation partner”. Especially if you can’t read chats of suspects.

The number of offenses also increased in 2024
The year 2024 was not easy for criminal officials. In addition to major investigations, the number of criminal offenses generally increased compared to 2023. 1400 violations per day in Austria, 36 percent of them only in Vienna. Of the 330,000 suspects (average per year), around 100,000 now come from Vienna. The increase in foreign suspects is flagrant. It rose by ten percent from 2015 to 2024 – 47 percent of the suspects do not come from Austria.

More and more Syrians than suspects
Just like in the past, most of them come from Germany and Romania. In 2024, however, new to the top 3 of the suspects: the Syrians. In 2015 they would not be represented in the top 10, said Holzer.

What Holzer is proud of: with educational work among the population it was possible to reduce cyber crime, such as internet fraud or blackmail, by six percent. What increase against this: organized crime, car pants with foreign suspects, as well as thefts and attacks on computer systems, as well as those of critical infrastructure. The director of the Federal Criminal Police Office criticizes that there are still too few companies that would submit a complaint.

“Proud to have great research with us”
For a possible future such as BK -Baas there would be “a lot to do” for Holzer. Recurring for his first four years at the office, Holzer is proud of being able to answer great investigations, such as the Soko Signa, the AG Fama (Note: dealt with the incidents in the BVT and in connection with Wirecard AG, includingOr the sensational effect Achilles (Note: Against Mafia organizations in Serbia and Montenegro). According to Holzer, in some parts of the criminal police people are “at eye level with large police authorities such as the FBI”. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten in the future that the future of the police need both classical research and digital knowledge.