news.co.cr REPORTED – Two Spanish tourists and three Costa Rican tourists (including a minor) suffered an armed robbery while they were enjoying a walk in one of the trails of the Rincon de la Vieja National Park this Thursday, August 9th at around 11:30 a.m.
The tourists were intercepted by men carrying knifes who took all their belongings, cell phones, binoculars, cash, backpacks, among other things.
The Public Police Force of Guanacaste with the assistance of the Touristic Police and workers of the National System of Areas of Conservation immediately patrolled the area and at around 4 p.m. they arrested two suspects and recovered most of the items stolen, as well as the knife used in the robbery, one of the suspects is a minor and both are of Costa Rican Nationality. Read Article
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thelocal.fr reported – The Americans were targeted by robbers in an underground car park at the plush Place Vendôme, reports say. The theft took place on Thursday, March 9th at around 8pm, reported Le Parisien newspaper. According to reports the Americans were in possession of a large quantity of jewels and diamonds and were approached […]
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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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channelnewsasia.com reported VERSAILLES, France: A Chinese tourist guide was robbed of €25,000 (US$28,300) in cash and his new Rolex watch after he had prevented two of his group from being robbed themselves outside a hotel near Paris, police said Sunday (Sep 13). The Chinese tourists were getting off a coach when three men tried to […]
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More than 700 tourists were robbed by muggers and pick-pockets last year, with the majority falling victim in Dublin city centre. Details were revealed in a report released by the Irish Tourist Assistance Service (ITAS) which offered help to visitors targeted by thieves. ITAS said pick-pocketing was the most common offence of the 726 crimes […]
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PHUKET: Police are hoping that the speedy arrest of a knife-wielding thief who targeted a Bahrain couple on Monday will raise tourists’ confidence in their safety. Patong Police arrested Ismael Pomalee, 30, from Pattani, less than 24 hours after the robbery. “We received a call at about 9:30pm on Monday saying that the couple had […]
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janes.com reported El Salvador’s Mara street gangs have started targeting tourists for extortion, local media reported on 28 July. According to reports, members of the Mara gangs – organised street gangs with a presence in several Central American territories – have set up extortion points in the western department of Usulután on El Salvador’s Pacific […]
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southdublin.today.ie reported ….Be it the pale skin, Irish reg plates, camera around their neck or map in hand the majority of Irish people who have been the victim of theft from their person while abroad, 58%, agree that either they or their travelling companion looked like a tourist at the time. Pickpocketing was identified as […]
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edinburghnews.scotsman.com reported a group of thieves have been posing as police officers in an attempt to steal cash from tourists. Three incidents have been reported in the past few days in the Capital – in Princes Street, St Andrew Square and Johnston Terrace – that saw foreign visitors targeted. Detective Sergeant Willie Falconer, who is […]
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