VELOFENDERS - bicycle theft in Latvia
Producer: IR magazine
Every spring in Latvia comes with a huge increase in bicycle thefts.
Everyone knows it, but because of the state laws, police can’t do much about it.
To change the situation, an experiment called “Velofenders” (Bike theft) was made. It involved 5 bikes equipped with GPS trackers, multiple online cameras, 16000 crime witnesses, every bike thief in Latvia and the local police.
After the project IR magazine raised the topic and, because of the experiment, state police admitted that there is something wrong with the laws, so now they are working on a new and hopefully better law.
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