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Italy: Romanian filmmaker robbed on train to Venice

According to ansa.it, Romanian screenwriter and film director Razvan Radulescu was robbed and left “practically naked” while travelling to serve as jury member for the famed Venice Film Festival, festival director Alberto Barbera said on Wednesday. Radulescu was robbed of all his belongings during his trip to Italy from France on a high-speed TGV train and will not be joining other jurists, Barbera said. Read article

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British students ambushed and robbed by gunmen in Tanzania

Sky News reports that gunmen forced a group of 16 British students and staff from their vehicle during a roadside ambush during an expedition in Tanzania. Money, cameras and mobile phones were stolen as the robbers rifled through their belongings during the hold-up in the Tabora region. The group of 14 students, aged 15 to […]

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United Kingdom: American tourist attacked and robbed in Liverpool

According to the Liverpool Echo, an American tourist was assaulted and robbed in the city centre. The 48-year-old man missed his flight home after having to undergo surgery for a fractured ankle following the attack. Police said the man, visiting the city from the USA, was in the Welkin pub in Whitechapel last Thursday when […]

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Australia: Criminal organization tricks backpackers into surrendering passports

According to abc.net.au, a tourism leader on Queensland’s Gold Coast says a recent scam that targeted backpackers should not deter visitors. A man is facing several charges, after police cracked a syndicate which allegedly tricked backpackers into handing over their passports. It is alleged the information was used to launder money and sell counterfeit jewellery. […]

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American passports stolen from tourists in Canada

Yahoo News Canada reports that the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said tourists from the United States had their passports stolen from their vehicle on Monday night. According to police, the vehicle was broken into on Duckworth Street and the passports, as well as a number of other valuable items, were taken. American bank and Visa cards, […]

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Florida tourist beaten and robbed by couple who lured him to their apartment

According to wesh.com, a Holly Hill couple is accused of luring a tourist to their apartment, where police said they beat and robbed him. Police officers arrested Bobby Smith, 35, and his wife Doris Smith, 23, on Friday. Investigators said they beat the victim so badly that he spent several days in the hospital. The […]

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India: American woman assaulted and robbed on a train in Mumbai

The Times of India reports that an American woman was on Sunday assaulted inside a local train by an unidentified person, who escaped with her mobile phone, police said. The incident took place late this evening when the train was approaching Mumbai Central railway station, DCP (Western Railway) B Shirsat said. The accused attacked the […]

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Thailand: Japanese tourist found drugged and robbed at a bus stop

Bangkokpost.com reports that a Japanese tourist was reportedly drugged, had his valuables stolen and was left at a bus stop in Pathum Thani province, police said yesterday. Pol Lt Col Paijit Koteglum, an inspector at Suan Prik Thai police station, said the man was identified as Yamamoto Kareshi. He was partially conscious, and only had […]

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New York: California man pistol-whipped by fake panhandler in Brooklyn

The New York Daily News reports that a California man who just moved to Brooklyn was brutally pistol-whipped while trying to make change for a creep pretending to be a panhandler, according to court papers. Meredith Lambson, 34, asked victim Scott McFarland for directions and change for a dollar about 3 p.m. Sunday on Norman […]

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Electronics stolen from tourist’s van in Niagara Falls

Buffalonews.com reports that a Flushing, N.Y. man told police that someone popped the lock on his van and took a laptop and other items while parked at a restaurant around noon Monday in the 100 block of Buffalo Avenue. The 39-year-old man said someone popped out the lock cylinder in his van’s side door while […]

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