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The Skaters Fight Back

October 21, 2010
The Skaters Fight Back

The area around MACBA is inextricably linked with skateboarders who go about their activities with quiet dedication. Long-time group member Luke McEvoy submits a great photo of the skateboarders near MACBA ganging-up on a robber who has snatched a bag. Luke describes the incident as follows: “yep the would be thief in the stripe...

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User-Contributed Bag Snatch Photo

October 12, 2010
User-Contributed Bag Snatch Photo

Group member Angus Ruiz contributed this classic photo. We had a number of comments on the post, as follows: I know someone who got robbed in Barcelona Super photo. Did you take it? 17 October 2010 at 18:40 · Like ·  1 person Angus Ruiz barcelona is the square of the sea in Barceloneta...

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Barcelona is TripAdvisor’s #1… for Pickpocketing

September 21, 2010

Barcelona named AGAIN (for the 2nd year running) by Tripadvisor as Number One Pickpocketing Hotspot in the WORLD, as shown in this Independent Newspaper (UK) article. Here’s a snippet: “Travelers rambling along Las Ramblas in Barcelona would be wise to watch their belongings, if new research is anything to go by. The popular Spanish...

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Symbols Robbers Use

August 21, 2010
Symbols Robbers Use

Nice post to our group from Selva Di Gianni. Comments on this post were: Carlos Rafael what? 25 October 2010 at 12:19 · Like Julien Lagarde bah, this sounds like utter bullshit to me.Do you seriously think a burglar would first spot a flat to rob, and then instead of keeping all these details...

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Some Nice Photos of Barcelona… but…

August 3, 2010

Some photos of Barcelona, with a sting in the tail. Not quite what you might expect. See here. Funny also that it was perceived that the creator of the “Robbed In Barcelona” Facebook group was actually using this post to promote himself as a photographer (which I am not!) :) Comments here. Snapshot here:...

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Opportunity For a Robber

July 29, 2010
Opportunity For a Robber

Just crying out for it. Another opportunity for a quick-grabbing thief? Comments here.

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How Not To Dress in Barcelona

July 28, 2010
How Not To Dress in Barcelona

Don’t dress like this in Barcelona if you want not to be robbed. Comments here. Snapshot here: Debbie Christy Why not? Everyone loves Iniesta! 28 July 2010 at 13:59 · Like Andy Ferrie No no no. Your saying that this person deserved to be robbed because of how they are dressed? Thats out of...

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