Scams/Crime

Suriname: Tourist Killed Trying to Thwart Robber

Date: December 29th, 2010 |

A Dutch tourist was killed during a robbery in Paramaribo Dec. 25 when he tried to take back his wife’s purse that had been snatched by an armed man as they walked toward their apartment. In the scuffle the robber shot the tourist and killed him on the spot. The incident serves as a reminder [read more]

Guatemala: State of Siege in Place in Alta Verapaz

Date: December 22nd, 2010 |

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The government imposed a 30-day state of siege in the central province of Alta Verapaz to combat violence caused by a brutal Mexican drug gang that infiltrated the area a few years ago. The region, which is home to several popular national parks, has become a corridor for transporting drugs from Honduras to Mexico. The [read more]

Denmark: Crime Could Increase During Christmas Holidays

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen reminded U.S. citizens that street crime tends to spike during the holiday season and alerted visitors and expatriates to guard against pickpockets in larger cities and towns. Thieves become more active at this time of year because people tend to carry more cash and valuables than usual and are perhaps [read more]

Trindad and Tobago: “Bump and Rob” Crimes Could Increase During Holidays

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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As in Denmark, the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain warned visitors and local residents that the crime rate here increases in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays and urged U.S. citizens to be on their guard. Recently a U.S. citizen was killed in what may have been a so-called “Bump and Rob” [read more]

China: Old Scam Still Works on Single Men

Date: December 1st, 2010 |

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It’s a scam neither unique to Shanghai nor particularly new, but it continues to work on men touring alone in the big city, as a writer for the Sydney Morning Herald recently discovered. A friendly young woman engages you in conversation, asks if you will take a photo of her and her friends, and once [read more]

Egypt: Broad Daylight Robberies in Cairo’s Maadi Expat Neighborhood

Date: December 22nd, 2010 |

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Several robberies have occurred in broad daylight in the Maadi section of Cairo over the last few months, targeting expatriates, including members of the U.S. Mission here. The incidents, which have occurred between noon and 3 p.m. in the vicinity of Road 250, have involved two perpetrators in a blue or silver car. The passenger [read more]

Northern Ireland: Safer Than England and Wales

Date: December 22nd, 2010 |

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In a result that may seem counterintuitive, a crime survey published by the Justice Department revealed that Northern Ireland is safer than both England and Wales. The risk of becoming a crime victim in Northern Ireland is 14 percent compared to 21 percent in its two neighbors to the southeast. A University or Ulster criminology [read more]

South Africa: Honeymoon Murder May Not Have Been What It Appeared to Be

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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The recent high-profile murder of a Swedish honeymoon bride in a township near Cape Town may not have been the random act of violence it was originally believed to be. One of three suspects implicated the victim’s husband in the murder plot when he struck a plea bargain with the court. The husband had not [read more]

Brazil: Police Drive Drug Gangs Out of Rio Favela, Restore Law and Order

Date: December 1st, 2010 |

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Continuing a two-year effort to drive drug gangs out of the favelas overlooking Rio de Janeiro and establish police posts to restore the rule of law, police took control of a key neighborhood that sits near a highway that connects the city with the international airport. The assault had to happen because the drug gangs [read more]

St. Kitts: Suspects Arrested in Cruise Passenger Ambush

Date: November 17th, 2010 |

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St. Kitts has a relatively low crime rate, but in a recent incident a band of armed robbers used a fallen tree to block the road to the popular tourist site of Brimstone Hill Fortress, then ambushed a vanload of tourists from a cruise ship, robbing them of their cash and valuables before disappearing into [read more]

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