Fight against call center fraud: CESA project starts in Baden-Württemberg!

Fight against call center fraud: CESA project starts in Baden-Württemberg!

A new anti-fraud initiative is a particularly brazen crime on the collar: The State Criminal Police Office Baden-Württemberg has launched the CESA project, which is aimed at call center fraud. Older people in particular are pulled out of the pocket in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with perfidious tricks, often through so -called grandchildren tricks or shock calls. In 2023, all of the damage in Baden-Württemberg amounts to alarming 12 million euros!

With over 1.2 million euros from an EU security fund, CESA aims to smash the perpetrator structures, which operate mainly from Eastern European call centers. Nine public prosecutors from eight federal states support the project that relies on international cooperation. "Only together can we put the craft of these fraudsters," emphasizes Andreas Stenger, President of the LKA BW. The first successes have already been reported at a recent strategy conference - the investigation is in full swing!