Focus on fighting property robbery crimes at banks, supermarkets, and convenience stores

According to Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Ha, Director of the Criminal Police Department, in addition to traditional methods and tricks, there are subjects who, through cyberspace, create closed groups and make friends with each other to commit robberies at banks and convenience stores.

The perpetrators mainly have no criminal record, are unemployed or have unstable jobs, are in debt, and have economic difficulties.

Robberies often occur when there are few customers at transaction offices and bank branches, when employees are off guard, or when security is lacking. Most criminals threaten or use homemade weapons, guns, or fake explosives to intimidate and commit robberies.

Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Ha, Director of the Criminal Police Department.

The Ministry of Public Security recommends that each transaction office and bank branch should invest in a secure, adequate, and modern security system; build a team of security guards that is sufficient in number, healthy, and quick. At the same time, regularly train employees in the necessary skills to be able to identify, evaluate, and respond to situations that arise.

On the part of the Ministry of Public Security, in the coming time, to proactively prevent and combat this type of crime, the Ministry of Public Security has directed the Criminal Police force and the Public Security of units and localities to continue to strictly implement the plans and directions of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security on the fight against crime, ensuring social order and safety during and after the Covid 19 epidemic; handle and resolve urgent and complicated situations in particularly serious cases that violate social order. Focus on developing and implementing topics, plans and strategies to prevent and combat property crimes, especially property robberies at transaction offices, bank branches, gold and silver jewelry stores, convenience stores, etc.

The Criminal Police Department coordinates with the functional agencies of the State Bank and local police to conduct a survey on crime prevention at transaction offices and bank branches to propose solutions to strengthen the prevention and fight against bank robberies. Promote the application of science and technology, focus on implementing preventive measures, focus on fighting against criminal gangs and groups, and prevent criminals from committing crimes. Strengthen control over cyberspace, promptly detect and take measures to detect and strictly handle acts of taking advantage of cyberspace to commit illegal acts.

The police of units and localities regularly update, inform and propagate methods and tricks of property robbery crimes in general, and property robbery crimes at banks in particular, helping people and agencies, units and businesses to raise their awareness and contribute to crime prevention. At the same time, they should do a good job of receiving reports and denouncing crimes related to property robbery crimes.

When robberies occur at banks, the Criminal Police force will mobilize forces and focus on implementing working measures to identify and quickly arrest the subjects, and strictly prosecute them before the law to punish and deter them./.