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- Large-scale raid against gang operating shell companies across multiple states
- Two murder trials in Graz in November: Teenager and Slovenian ex-partner to face court
- ID-Austria fraud in Carinthia: 65-year-old woman loses thousands of euros after fake call
- 16-year-old found dead in Vienna hotel room – drug overdose confirmed as cause of death
- Bribery trial in Wiener Neustadt: Wolf and ex-minister Schelling in court
- Illegal beauty clinic in Vienna-Mariahilf: Two Georgians arrested
- Graz Derby: around 100 charges, three injured police officers and illegal fireworks
- Bank robbery in Ferlach: DNA on threatening letter – dog blamed for evidence contamination
- Fake police officers in Villach: 69-year-old blocks getaway vehicle, three arrests
- Break-in in Hernals: 29-year-old stateless man arrested after snack bar burglary
- Million-euro fraud with Marbella villa uncovered: three arrests in Vienna and Spain
- Barbershop operator in Wels suspected of drug trafficking – evidence lacking
- Stones thrown onto A14 in Wolfurt: Police seek witnesses after two incidents
- Man from East Styria in court: stream fall and brawl at event
- Raid in Salzburg: 32-year-old hid in grandmother's wardrobe
- Slovak suspect in HiPP baby food poisoning case released from custody in Austria
- Benko moves to house arrest with electronic tag – criticism of two-tier justice
- Bank robbery in Ferlach: Carinthian charged over €225,000 theft
- Electronically monitored home detention: why the ankle monitor remains rare in pre-trial custody
- Armed robbery in Bad Bleiberg: Police seek accomplice in getaway vehicle
- Only 12.7 per cent of rapes in Styria result in conviction
- Bill fraud in at least 15 cases: Moldovan arrested in Bad Goisern
- Phishing on Vinted: Klagenfurt woman loses thousands of euros in jacket sale
- Phishing fraud with fake hotel refunds: Styria Workers' Chamber warns
- Hirtenberg prison inmate appears in court: drug dealing via Signal from cell
- Drug trafficking from Hirtenberg prison: inmate and three accomplices face court
- Ukrainian Journalist After Arrest in Vienna: "I Thought It Was an Attack"
- Croatian man flees from police to Tyrol – falls from garage roof in Kufstein
- Serial thieves caught red-handed in Vienna's Rudolfsheim – e-scooters and burglary tools seized
- Shots fired from balcony in Vienna's Floridsdorf: 27-year-old charged with weapons violations
- Arrest following discovery of woman's body in Vienna stairwell, Landstraße
- Woman found dead in Vienna stairwell – live-in partner arrested
- Axe Murder in Friesach: Investigation Closed – Perpetrator Died in Accident
- Theft at Leoben circuit board manufacturer: couple sentenced to custodial sentences
- Rape in Vienna's Favoriten district: Police search for attacker after assault on 85-year-old woman
- 44-year-old arrested in Salzburg: supplied cocaine to girls from age twelve
- Fabricated weapon threat in Graz: couple report themselves after major police operation
- Graz State Prosecutor Expands Investigation into Military Chaplain to Include Fraud
- Kickback suspicion at "Klagenfurt Wohnen": 27 suspects, 4.5 terabytes secured
- 84-year-old sentenced to €1,000 fine for shoplifting in Liezen
- Car fraud in Waidhofen an der Thaya: police seek 52-year-old
- 63-year-old cyclist attacked and beaten in Kufstein – witnesses sought
- Drugs at the wheel and no driving licence: three drivers charged on Salzburg roads
- Former Cobra officer as poison victim: cellmate acquitted in Graz
- Phone fraud in Styria: state police warn of fake officials and shock calls
- Sexual harassment in Carinthian civil service: third trial day imminent
- Fraud trial in Leoben: married couple accused of defrauding woman over 90 of €150,000
- Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht sentenced to €34,500 – hotel bill in Tyrol
- Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht sentenced to €34,500 fine – fraud case in Innsbruck
- Carinthian dentist in Graz sentenced to €90,000 fine
- Cyberattack on Vienna: 26,000 documents and data from 6,000 people stolen
- Knife wound to back: woman from Liezen district sentenced to four years imprisonment
- Klagenfurt Airport: Sixth suspect in Lilihill case – expert report in focus
- Major traffic crackdown in Vienna: over 1,100 notices issued and one kilogramme of cannabis seized
- Assault in East Styria: 35-Year-Old Convicted and Fined €4,800
- WKStA requests extradition of SPÖ-nominated Kocevar over fraud and acceptance of advantage
- 37-year-old convicted of serious fraud: farm machinery worth €190,000 never paid for
- 19-year-old threatens Viennese man with meat cleaver – arrest in Landstraße
- Drugs at the wheel and serious defects: Salzburg police remove multiple vehicles from traffic
- Booking.com fraud in Austria: AK warns of fake emails and payment traps