Guestpost by Justyna Anna Pezik. My camera was stolen from me in Placa de Sant Agusti Vell in Barcelona at 17.00hrs on April 2nd, 2012. All above photos © by Justyna Pezik I was taking shots of street art in the area. I was absolutely amazed by the creativity of Barcelona’s street artists. Suddenly someone grabbed my...
I was robbed last night while walking home from a club at 3 in the morning. I only realised that I had been robbed the morning after when I woke up at home and could not find my phones or wallet and had an unusual cut on my forehead. I phoned my bank to...
There’s money in them there mobiles: For manufacturers, for network providers, for content providers, and for the thieves who snatch the handsets and sell them on. Today’s cellphones, unlike the bricks of old, are typically worth a lot on the black market – moreso the types of phones carried by Mobile World Congress delegates...
We’ve held back on this story since mid-December 2011. We don’t want to be cruel. Undoubtedly there are people who are deaf who find it hard to get work. Undoubtedly there are people who ask for money because they’re deaf because they are genuinely in need. However, it has become evident of late that there...
Catalan broadcaster TV3 produced a documentary (below) entitled “Farts de Furts” (loosely translated, “fed-up with robbery”), first broadcast in May 2010. The documentary includes some shots from our Facebook group “Robbed in Barcelona”, not to be confused with another Facebook group started by Carmen Oko, who is interviewed. The documentary’s emphasis is on police...
A “Robbed in Barcelona” exclusive. A selection of never-before-seen photos of pick-pocketing incidents in Barcelona. These photos were sent to us this week. The photographer has requested anonymity. The photos were taken approximately two years ago in Calle Princesa and around Jaume I metro area. 1. On Carrer Princesa, on the Picasso Museum side....
The following account of a robbery in Barcelona was written for us by Janice who is from the UK. She writes: I, too, was a victim in Barcelona. With my friend watching-on, whilst I clutched my purse, a woman with the skills of a world class magician stole money from me. There is no...
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