Workers discover WWII bomb

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Explosives experts of the Federal Crime Office (BK) were called after employees found a bomb at a company estate in Vienna. The discovery was made in Vienna’s Donaustadt district yesterday afternoon (Mon), police said today. Officials remained tight-lipped over whether the object – identified as a World War Two (WWII) aerial bomb – could have […]

Caravan thieves nabbed in Poland

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Three men suspected of being behind a break-in spree in Austria have been arrested in Poland.Investigators in Austria assume that the Poles stole six caravans, two cars, a motorcycle, a truck and a minivan from two company estates in the Lower Austrian districts of Neunkirchen and Gänserndorf in 2009 and 2010. The loot is worth […]

Possible U-turn on Austrians in child porn crackdown

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Fourteen Austrians whose online activities were supervised by international anti-child pornography investigators may face charges despite not having downloaded any banned material.People’s Party (ÖVP) Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner said today (Fri) she assigned a team of experts to find out whether the men could be charged after Austrian Crime Office (BK) officials explained there were […]

Vienna police make record child-porn haul

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Police have reported the biggest seizure of child-pornographic material ever made in Austria.Federal Crime Office (BK) investigators announced a 53-year-old Vienna resident is in custody after officers found more than one million underage porn images at his home.Investigator Jürgen Ungerböck said today (Fri): “The man lived in an extremely dirty flat. He probably had little […]

Almost 100 missing Maddie tips in Austria

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Police in Austria registered almost 100 tip offs by people in the case of Madeleine McCann who went missing at a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007.Alexander Marakovits, a spokesman for the Federal Crime Office (BK), said today (Tues) almost 100 people got in touch with authorities claiming to have evidence. He stressed investigators checked all […]