Ruthless criminals

This is how criminal tourists from the East plunder

The 26-year-old admitted to what could be proven anyway - 78 coups.(Bild: Kerstin Wassermann, Krone KREATIV)

The slender 26-year-old barely weighs 60 kilograms - yet he is a long-sought brutal serial offender who has kept the police in Carinthia on their toes with burglaries. For the criminal court judge, he is one of the typical "crime tourists" against whom only severe penalties can help.

The young defendant comes from the Republic of Moldova, so he lives thousands of kilometers away from Klagenfurt. But just as others commute to work, he made the long journey for a completely different purpose - to earn a living here as a professional burglar. It took some time before the skinny 26-year-old was caught. And it was similar to the coup that once took place with the Minister for the Constitution, Karoline Edstadtler.