Spate of muggings targeting Asian tourists prompts French authorities to increase security

Posted on August 4, 2013 • Filed under: France, Tourists Robbed

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 200 police had been put on patrol to protect tourists and steps were being taken to help foreigners prevent and report crime. Read article

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