PALERMO – A Chase Of over six kilometers along the streets of the center of Palermo which, finally, rewarded the patrol from the Police Of Statewhich she managed to to block a thief by carin leak right at edge of the half stolen. From the stadium, up to the Admiral’s Bridge, trying to follow access bans and other unsuccessful expedients to try to cover their tracks.
It is neither the first nor the last case of car theft to occur in Palermo. The phenomenon, in fact, it still is very common in the city Of Palermowhich matters more than 10 cars stolen a day.
The words of the provincial secretary of the Uil Police, Giovanni Assenzio, on car theft and the data reported
“This is a difficult problem to dismantle – he has declared John Absinthe, provincial secretary Uil Police Palermo – The theft lasts just a few minutes, under the cover of “poles” positioned at strategic points. Furthermore, the data, processed by the Municipality of Palermo and the National Statistical System, confirm the forecasts already expressed by the Uil Police on an increase in such crimes in the city, especially after the pandemic. For this reason, the Uil Police provides citizens with some useful advice on preventing the theft of their car”.
The latest findings relating to 2023 highlight, for the previous year, the maximum peak Of car thefts in the Sicilian capital from 2012. In fact, in 2022they were stolen in Palermo well 4,678 cars i.e. the 61% more than 2021a year which already recorded a increase of the 20.4% compared to the 2020.
According to the Uil Police, this increase it can’t do that reconnect to the numbers particularly low of the period of the lockdown and of management more generally of the epidemic. It is also true, however, that the trend before Covid appeared downhill at least since 2014 And only after the epidemic a has been registered peak which has not been compared for at least ten years.
In fact in 2022 in the Sicilian capital they registered well 739.3 thefts Of cars per 100,000 inhabitants. It’s about more than ten cars stolen a day.
“And of a few weeks ago – added Giovanni Assenzio – there news of the dismantling in the city of one large, dedicated criminal organization to the theft And recycling from the car or them pieces. The investigation, demonstrating the professionalism of the State Police, arose from the identification of a single fingerprint on a stolen car that was later found. Is criticalHowever, report the theft immediately”.
“With continuous frequency – concluded Absinthe – the Police track down stolen cars but surveillance on all the streets of Palermo is impossible, given the lack of staff and the numerous tasks that must be carried out daily”.
