Pickpocketing is surging in London with the country's top ten hotspots all in the capital, a study revealed today as criminals increasingly target unwitting tourists. The research by licensing firm Get Licensed put Southwark – home to Shakespeare's Globe and The Shard - in third with 5,935 thefts or 1,903 per 100,000 people. Sam Gordon, 20, who works as a …
'Fagin' crooks train monkeys to steal while wild primates 'rob' banks, attack tourists and even kill their owners. There's a new group of crooks that tourists might not suspect they'd have to be wary around - monkeys The local police station has now issued wooden catapults that officers can use to fire at the unruly primates, which often climb over …
The police arrested 18 pickpockets around the Queer & Pride Amsterdam event this past weekend and recovered dozens of stolen phones. “These mobile phones have been seized, and the police hope to reunite them with their actual owner soon.” The police urged victims whose phones and other items got stolen at Queer & Pride Amsterdam to report it. Last week, …
