Private Investigator Mülheim an der Ruhr | Private Detectives Mülheim/Ruhr – 

Kurtz Detective Agency Germany*

Third-best investigation agency in Germany in the service provider ranking of Wirtschaftswoche

The private investigators and corporate investigators of our detective agency for Mülheim are your IHK-certified specialists for discreet enquiries in Mülheim an der Ruhr: +49 201 3840 9057.

 

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High Numbers of Thefts and Burglaries in Mülheim

The Crime Frequency Index (KHZ) is an indicator of the population’s exposure to crime. In 2014 it stood at 8,143 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, a comparatively low regional figure indicating a relatively modest crime burden. However, theft offences accounted for over 41 percent of all recorded offences in Mülheim in 2014. The economic damage caused amounted to €7.326 million (the dark figure is of course not included). Accordingly, our detective agency for Mülheim an der Ruhr is frequently engaged to clarify property crimes.

 

Burglaries, and in particular business and residential burglaries, weigh heavily on Mülheim’s residents and businesses, not least because the official clearance rate is extremely low: in 2013 only 7.43 percent of offenders could be identified. Each offence caused on average nearly €6,000 in damage — a figure well above that of other cities in the region. Sixty-five percent of suspects were non-German nationals.

 

In late summer and autumn 2014, there was a series of about 30 burglaries in Mülheim, Essen and Oberhausen committed by a single offender who had been released from custody only days before starting his crime spree. The damage was reported by the police to be in the high five-figure range. Fortunately, this prolific offender was apprehended after four months, but as the clearance rate above implies, such police successes are more the exception than the rule. Our detectives in Mülheim are highly experienced in property crime and are happy to make their expertise available to victims. Describe your case to us by phone or in writing via our contact form.

Further Areas of Work

Of course, our private and corporate investigation service in Mülheim is not limited to property crimes. Below is an incomplete list of other typical tasks we undertake:

Investigations by our private investigators in Mülheim an der Ruhr

• Infidelity | Cheating | Adultery
• Custody investigations
• Maintenance (alimony) enquiries
• Evidence gathering against stalkers
• Investigations into drug-related crime
• Missing-person searches
• Address research | Debtor tracing

Investigations by our corporate investigators in Mülheim an der Ruhr

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• Proof of sick-leave fraud
• Detection of prohibited secondary employment
• Investigations into expense-claim fraud
• Investigations into working-time fraud
• Investigations into trademark and product-law infringements
• Creditworthiness checks
• Location, seizure and recovery of vehicles

• Investigations into data theft | Disclosure of trade secrets

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Example: Confidence Trick in Mülheim

A case from the 2014 police crime statistics (PKS) of the NRW police:

 

“A 79-year-old victim from Mülheim received a call in May 2014 from an alleged acquaintance requesting financial assistance. She saw through it immediately and ended the call, so no loss occurred. On 8 December 2014 she was called again and believed she recognised the caller from May. This time the caller demanded €50,000. The victim agreed a collection appointment for the next day. Through surveillance a 14-year-old money collector from Mönchengladbach was identified and arrested. He claimed he had been hired to collect money, that no payment for the task had been agreed, that he did not know the client and had never done anything like this before.

 

Such offences against elderly people are usually carried out by organised groups operating across regions. The “initiators” (cold callers) are based abroad (Poland, Lithuania, Turkey) and have built structures enabling them to succeed with gullible older people and to obtain substantial sums in cash. Their modular, organised approach also includes counter-surveillance by the perpetrators or scenarios in which victims are asked about the presence of police officers during subsequent calls. The Essen/Mülheim police headquarters have for some time been actively warning the public about these perfidious fraudsters in the media.”

 

The police’s public-awareness work undoubtedly bears fruit, particularly in preventing confidence tricks aimed at seniors. Nonetheless, many people in Mülheim continue to fall victim to various scams and the police cannot always—or will not—help. If you need assistance with clarifying a case, our detectives in Mülheim an der Ruhr are available at fair rates: +49 201 3840 9057.