Police Director: Alarmous Kosovo murder rate increase

Kosovo Police Director Rashit Qalaj, on the Home Affairs, Security and Supervision Commission of the Kosovo Security Force, has reported the annual Kosovo Police Report for 2018.

Dreori Qalaj, said police in 2018 were characterised with reduced cases of 4.32 percent.

All activities that were held in the Kosovo Police are behind targets that are in the approach to preventing corruption and organised crime, etc. During 2018 we have a reduction in the number of cases -4.32 per cent”, Qalaj said.

According to Qalajt, there has been an increase in the number of murders by 32 cases and an increase of 18.51 percent.

“Under different criminal acts we have followed an increase in the 18.51 percent murder rate where we have had 32 cases. The number of thefts has increased, while the number of heavy thefts has diminished. During 2018 we banned 4231 persons 17 percent more than last year”

Statistics of traffic accidents, according to Qalayt, reduce the number of traffic accidents.

The number of traffic accidents has marked a decline in the area of road communication. It has become a bad driving culture in Kosovo”, he claimed. /Economia Online/