The Police have arrested four people who allegedly committed near thirty tourists robberies when they were driving on the highways Catalan s, as reported by the Catalan police Monday.
Those arrested were part of what policing is known as ‘criminal battery’, a group of people dedicated to specialized thieving what each member has an assigned task and defined.
The band, made up of four people between 30 and 40 years and Chilean and Peruvian nationality, always used the same pattern: driving on the highway with a high-end car license plates stolen and bent and passenger threw a rock at a foreign tourism to him to stop on the roadside. Once stopped, the passenger got out of the vehicle and indicated to the tourists who had some damage, now that leveraged another member of the band to go quietly to the front of the car and steal wallets and purses at your fingertips. Read Article
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Xinhuanet.com reports that the anti-government movement featured by the white masks has recently developed into a nationwide campaign in Thailand, mounting pressure on the Yingluck Shinawatra administration which is accused of corruption and incompetence. The new campaign was launched in the capital Bangkok earlier this month when about 700 white-masked protesters took to the street […]
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Sabahionline.com reported that the Tanzanian government has sent a team of experts to investigate a malaria outbreak in Kagera region, Tanzania’s Daily News reported Saturday. Read Article
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As reported by Gov.UK, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. This does not include the city of Chittagong or other parts of Chittagong Division. If you propose to visit the Chittagong Hill Tracts you must give the Bangladeshi authorities ten days’ notice of your […]
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Trust.org reported that the Gulf Arab countries have issued a travel warning for Lebanon, telling their citizens to avoid what is a popular tourist destination for the region after a spillover of violence from neighbouring Syria. Sectarian violence fuelled by Syria’s civil war has broken out in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and, last […]
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As reported by Gov.uk, travel between La Paz and Copacabana is likely to be disrupted on 6 and 7 June due to protests at the Tiquina Strait on Lake Titicaca about the construction of a bridge. Check local advice before travelling. Read Article
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NBC News reports that the U.S. government has declared the outbreak caused by the new Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus to be a public health emergency – not because it’s affecting the U.S. but to allow the quicker release of tests to keep an eye on it. The virus has killed at least 30 […]
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As reported by hurriyetdailynews.com, the U.S. Embassy to Turkey has issued a warning to its citizens in Turkey about potential violence, the Hürriyet Daily News has learned. The embassy issued a warning letter for the attention of American citizens, reminding of the tension in the country that has been ongoing since last week. Meanwhile, the […]
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According to Skift.com, UK’s Foreign Office has warned Britons to avoid areas where violent protests are ongoing across Turkey, including the centre of Istanbul, where thousands of people thronged Taksim Square. Read Article
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eTN received this letter from Jessica Stockwell a reader visiting Istanbul. A group of quietly dining tourist in a nearby restaurant in Taksim Square (me being one of them) were interrupted by save-the-trees activists running from police tear gassing the population in the area of Taksim Square, a commercial and transportation hub for the city […]
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