The transaction has yet to be approved by the Federal Anti-Trust Agency and by the Bavarian State Agency for New Media. Bavarian police dismantles check fraud gang Regensburg. The Bavarian Police has eradicated an international gang who has committed large-scale check fraud. According to the police, the criminal organization counts about 300 suspects. The group is suspected to have stolen check payments from mail for many years, accumulating more than DM 100 million.
Further details are to be disclosed next week.
According to estimates, up to two-thirds of the harvest was lost due to the severe cold. The producers were able to offset most of their losses through higher prices. For the period of a year this amounts to 1,500 slices of bread and 350 rolls. 23 died due to severe cold Throughout Europe, icy weather has claimed more than 140 lives. In Germany alone, the number of victims has climbed to 23.