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Mexico City Crime: Theft of Cellphones from pedestrians up sharply

milenio.com/Ilich Valdez reported that stolen cellphone numbers increased substantially from pedestrians in Mexico City during May 2017. On an average day in Mexico City during May, 34.3 cell phones were reported stolen according to Rebeca Peralta Leon. In the first five months of 2017, nearly 5,000 phones reported stolen from pedestrians. May has been the highest month with 1,664 cellphones stolen. Read Article

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Intercontinental Hotel in Puerto Rico Robbed, employee assaulted

elnuevodia.com reported on November 23, 2016, two assailants robbed the Intercontinental Hotel in Isla verde, Carolina Puerto Rico. The thugs intercepted an employee walking back to the office. He was hit by one of the robbers with a gun. They then stole $450.00 from the employee and $13,000 from the petty cash for the hotel. […]

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Hurricane Otto to threaten lives and property from Panama to Honduras, El Salvador

Otto to threaten lives and property from Panama to Honduras, El Salvador accuweather.com reported hurricane Otto, over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, will threaten part of Central America with flooding, mudslides and damaging winds this week. Otto is hovering just off the coasts of Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It became the seventh hurricane of the […]

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Orlando Florida Tourist District Hotbed for vehicle break-ins

NEARLY 1000 VEHICLES BROKEN INTO SO FAR IN 2016 IN ORLAND TOURIST DISTRICT clickorlando.com reported from Jan 1, 2016 to Oct. 11, 2016, the tourist district of Orlando, known internally as Sector 5, saw 901 auto burglaries, compared to 355 in the same area for all of 2015, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office […]

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Turkey Alert: Families of U.S. Consulate (Istanbul) ordered to leave over safety concerns

wvva.com/ap reported the State Department is ordering family members of employees posted to the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to leave because of security concerns. In a statement issued Saturday, the State Department says the decision is based on security information indicating extremist groups are continuing aggressive efforts to attack U.S. citizens in areas of […]

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German tourist town asks for help, problems posed by crime among refugees

zerohedge.com reported…As German chancellor Angela Merkel begins to wake up to what her ‘open borders’ policy has unleashed on the citizenry, none other than the mayor of the popular Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has penned a letter to the regional government begging them to tackle the “massive problems” posed by crime rates among refugees, while […]

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INDIA: 22 Airports warned of possible terror attack

ndtv.com reported intelligence agencies have warned of a possible terror attack at airports in four states as well as Delhi. 22 airports in the four states have been sent detailed warnings and authorities have confirmed high security measures are being implemented. Read Article

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Al-Qaeda plotting terror attacks in Britian and Europe per defence secretary

express.co.uk / TERROR WARNING: al-Qaeda plotting wave of attacks on BRITAIN as part of deadly resurgence HEINOUS al-Qaeda is planning a string of terror attacks across Europe as part of a comeback once Islamic State is defeated, it has been claimed. Read Article

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ISIS encourages Jihadists to use random knife attacks to commit assasinations

pjmedia.com reported a new magazine issued by the Islamic State advises lone jihadists to get over any squeamishness about using knives and embrace sharp objects as “widely available” weapons of jihad in nighttime stabbing campaigns. A footnote in the article states that ISIS won’t be using the term “lone wolf,” but “just terror operations” — […]

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Travel Scams in Turkey

travelscams.org reported … Despite being known as a friendly bunch, there is still a very intense bunch of crooks out to fleece you of your money. Getting recourse is difficult as well, as the police does not have a good command of English and from most anecdotes, are not readily willing to help. So what […]

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