Denmark has recorded its first yr with out financial institution robberies, as the usage of chilly arduous money has dwindled lately, the nation’s finance employees union mentioned.
The more and more cashless society has led banks to dial down their money companies, the union mentioned in a press release on Monday, leaving little potential loot for robbers.
‘It is nothing wanting wonderful. As a result of each time it occurs, it is an excessive pressure on the workers concerned,’ Steen Lund Olsen, vp of the union, Finansforbundet, mentioned in a press release.
Denmark has recorded its first yr with out financial institution robberies, as the usage of chilly arduous money has dwindled lately, the nation’s finance employees union mentioned (file image)
‘It is one thing you’ll be able to’t even start to know the emotional impression of if you have not skilled it your self,’ he added.
The union mentioned there had been 221 financial institution robberies in 2000, which has slowly decreased to lower than 10 a yr since 2017.
Denmark’s central financial institution reported in March final yr that the usage of money had practically halved from 23 p.c of funds in 2017 to 12 p.c in 2021.
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the abandonment of money, mentioned the financial institution.
The finance employee’s union famous that whereas holdups have turn out to be scarce, ‘many financial institution workers who’ve been robbed proceed to battle with the implications.’
Some nonetheless endure from signs similar to ‘nervousness, disappointment, irritability, restlessness and insomnia.’
