The FBI's annual report on bank robberies shows that the feds recovered only a small portion of stolen loot and identified just 40 percent of the perpetrators in the 6,700 bank heists last year.
Of the $61.6 million in cash stolen, only about 19 percent - $8.9 million - was recovered.
Although the report does not reveal the arrest rate, it does show that just 3,342 of the 8,393 crooks known to be involved in the robberies were identified. Of those identified, 43 percent were determined to be narcotics users and 19 percent had previously been convicted of a bank-related crime.
The South saw the most robberies - 2,100 - followed by the West, with 1,857.
Banks in metropolitan areas claimed the highest number of heists - 3,388 - with small cities or towns following, with 2,189.
In all, bank-related crime in 2008 was slightly below that reported in 2007. [Read story at Scripps Howard News/by Lisa Hoffman].
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