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...
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...
There is an address in Barcelona that has been whispered to us by many local contributors. It’s allegedly the headquarters for bag snatching and pickpocketing in the area around Santa Maria del Mar, Carrer Montcada, Carrer Princesa, Carrer Comerç and Rambla del Born. We’ve heard stories about how empty bags are flung from the...
Carrer Bòria, Barcelona – Sunday October 23rd 2011 – 15.00hrs Four people walk into a bar on Carrer Bòria, three men and one woman. They aren’t noticed initially, but they are soon to commit a crime, and get a surprise. The four stop for a moment, look around and turn to leave. On the...
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....
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