Barry visited Barcelona in October 2011 and had his black iPhone 4 stolen. Nothing unusual so far; we have at least 550 criminal incidents here every day. He went to a local police station and gave his details, but on returning the next day the police informed him that he hadn’t followed procedure–he hadn’t made...
As reported in a recent La Vanguardia article, six robbers were arrested at a recent FC Barcelona celebration after their victory against Real Madrid. See the article here. There are few details, but it illustrates that the scourge of petty robbery no longer only affect tourists and foreigners in this city. Celebrating fans of...
Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them from posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order - September 20, 2011 to December 01, 2011. [See...
So, how much informing, revealing and embarrassing did we do in 2011? (Our aims are listed here.) Robbed in Barcelona has been on Facebook since March 10th 2010, but only since April 7th 2011 have we published on this site. Since then – less than nine months – we’ve had 34,638 unique visitors to this...
Barcelona apartments are frequently supplied with A4 information sheets to pin to communal noticeboards. The sheets are usually supplied by locksmiths or removals companies to ensure their phone number is on-hand should someone in the building need it. In addition to their own phone numbers, the sheets list useful numbers such as those of...
The following is the first-hand account of a robbery in Barcelona in 2001 – yes, they were doing it back then too – this time the guy decided to do something about it. Enjoy! today i saw a bag snatching happened about 20/30 yards in front of me 2 guys on a motorbike the...
As first reported by “Corporate Travel Safety” over here, there’s a new technique in play* on Las Ramblas and the surrounding streets. We’re going to give it a nifty title: “The Free Hugger.” (Thanks to Donal for telling us about it.) (* Yeah, yeah, we know you’ll all come on here now and say you’ve...
We guess the season of goodwill has had an effect on some of our followers… A contributor to “Robbed in Barcelona” on Facebook has suggested that victims should treat their assailants more kindly, pointing to an event that took place in New York in 2008. “Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the...
You couldn’t write this stuff, really. Sitting in front of Mercat de Santa Caterina in Barcelona, a TV interviewer (on the left of shot) interviews a street musician. Mid-interview (about 30 seconds in), the musician lifts his head… he’s seen something…
(Article updated below to include new commentary from Lorenzo.) Italian artist Lorenzo Barbieri had his sketchbook, along with his laptop, stolen when he was in Barcelona. All that remains of his skill and dedication is this short video shot during an impromptu meeting with another visitor to the city in Parc Guell. Len, the...
Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them from posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order - September 1, 2011 to September 14, 2011. [See...
Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them for posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order – April 22nd 2011 (when we started) to...
Barcelona on the Mediterranean. The city is visited by dozens of large cruise ships annually.* While it’s a much-welcome economic injection for the city and port authorities, it’s also a nice earner for the city’s thieves. When the cruise ship “Sea Princess” – run by Princess Cruise Lines – berths in Barcelona, the passengers...
A remarkable documentary from the always-revealing Callejeros, from the streets of Barcelona, which was broadcast on Cuatro on Friday, December 9th 2011. The 35-minute video – 95% in the Castellano language – covers a wide cross-section of life on the streets of Barcelona overnight. Shot on the weekend of October 7, 2011 it features...
A knowledgeable collaborator of “Robbed in Barcelona” has provided us with a detailed reading of the law as interpreted by judges in Catalunya when assessing how a perpetrator of robbery is sentenced. It breaks down like this (important note: judges assess the amount of time in prison a crime deserves, then they apply a monetary fine...
Here’s a photo of a citizen being fined for an infraction while riding a bicycle. We asked ourselves: how fair is it that good citizens pay large fines for minor infractions, while bad citizens receive smaller fines for causing actual shock, injury and suffering? We did some ad hoc research on our Facebook group...
We’re pleased – thanks to YouTube – to be able to offer you the facility to send us videos anonymously. Add this email address to the phone contacts of your smartphone, and if you capture something of interest, email it to us, anonymously. Your contact details will not appear, and we won’t see those...
A little something for your Friday morning. Thanks to our Twitter follower andhwang (@andhwang) for giving us the heads-up on this video, via Gawker entitled: “Purse-Grabber Stripped Completely Naked by Vigilante Horde” Released initially onto the notorious LiveLeak, it made it onto YouTube where it has been viewed (so far) some 480,835 times. Gawker commented:...
Rosie got out of the car in shock. A woman from a nearby shop came over and said: “Ostras! Otra vez? La tercera hoy en este semaforo.” (“Wow! Again? The third today at this traffic light.”) In eighteen months Rosie has had her bag snatched out of her car three times – and that’s...
Text and photos by John Smith, exclusively for Robbed in Barcelona Events below took place on Saturday, November 26th, 13:00hrs on Carrer Montcada, outside the Picasso Museum. So, I’m walking home, push-chair weighed down by shopping and baby. I pass the Picasso museum, my usual route and I navigate my way around the throng...
Scammed on holiday? Would you like to be a part of a new travel show? We’re looking for participants to tell their story on camera. This is the message UK television production company Zig Zag Productions has asked us to communicate to our readers. Describing our site as “a fantastic resource”, the team planning the...
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