According to statistics, eight in ten burglaries are committed by relatives, neighbors or other acquaintances of the inhabitants. More than 300 burglaries were committed from the beginning of the year, with 85 percent being discovered, Tudor Capatina, lieutenant at the Chisinau General Police Precinct, told Info-Prim Neo. According to him, the statistics are similar to those of 2007. He added that the apartments are exposed the most during daytime, while private houses at night. There is a certain decrease in the number of burglaries over the last year, due to the fact that more and more citizens employ guard agency protection for their homes, Petru Corduneanu, head of the State Guard Division of the Ministry of Interior, said. More than 7,000 flats are currently under the guard of this agency, which deterred at least 38 theft attempts in the last 10 months .