Naplesnews.com reports that two Miami men are behind bars after authorities say they posed as police officers and robbed two Swedish tourists. Alejandro Filguieras and William Carles were arrested and face several charges including robbery, falsely impersonating an officer and attempted carjacking. Miami police said the suspects stopped a taxi carrying two Swedish passengers last month and said they were police officers. They ordered the cab driver and passengers out of the vehicle, saying they were searching for drugs. Authorities said the suspects patted down the victims, searched their luggage, then ordered them back into the cab. Read article
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According to The Nassau Guardian, a couple on holiday who were robbed at Goodman’s Bay on Thursday, yesterday appealed for the return of items they believe will be useless to whoever stole them. American resident Vernon Grant and his wife Jacqueline Rosenthal-Grant were enjoying a day at the beach when they discovered that someone had […]
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According to wgal.com, a church group from Lebanon that was doing missionary work in Jamaica was robbed by masked men armed with a machete and an ax. “It was quite an unsettling experience,” said the Rev. Alan Walter with God’s Missionary Church. Walter received a shocking call Thursday morning from his missionary team in Jamaica. […]
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Arabnews.com reports that an armed gang robbed a five-member Saudi family that was headed to a zoo while touring South Africa, the Saudi mission in Johannesburg has said. The family, a mother and four children, was surprised to find out that the driver took a different path. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to South Africa, Abdullah Al-Madi, […]
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As reported by Eturbonews.com, a Sicilian tourist beach was the scene of more than 100 people thought to be Syrians whose boat ran aground, a port official said. Six migrants to Italy whose dead bodies were found on Saturday on the beach. “The bodies were reported by employees of a beach resort” near the island’s […]
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The Paisley Daily Express reports that two young tourists who pitched a tent in Paisley after arriving in Scotland for a sight-seeing trip were robbed of all their belongings … just two hours into their holiday. The excited young Dutch students, aged 19 and 20, landed at Glasgow Airport and decided to spend their first […]
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Stuff.co.nz reports that France has said it will work harder to safeguard tourists in Paris after a spate of muggings of Asian visitors made such headlines in China that the Chinese embassy demanded action. Interior and Tourism Ministers Manuel Valls and Sylvia Pinel said on a tour of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower that […]
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Thenews.com.pk reports that two Chinese were robbed in the provincial metropolis on Sunday. Four men, pretending to be FIA officials, robbed two Chinese citizens of $5,000 and 5,000 Malaysian ringgits near the Civil Secretariat building. Police said the Chinese citizens, living in a hotel on Davis Road, were on a business trip to Pakistan. They […]
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According to sanluisobispo.com, thieves in recent rash of Cambria burglaries mostly targeted vehicles in motel parking lots, county Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Keith Scott said Wednesday, July 17. He said at the monthly meeting of the North Coast Advisory County that several of the dozen burglaries in the past 90 days have involved a thief who […]
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Thehindu.com reports that several passengers on board the Delhi-bound GT Express were robbed on Saturday when armed robbers stormed into the train near Agra, police said here. The incident took place between Agra and Mathura on the Grand Trunk (GT) Express coming from Chennai. Read article
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