From Iceland — Police Warns Against Pickpockets In Reykjavík

From Iceland — Police Warns Against Pickpockets In Reykjavík

The Capital Area Police implores the public to be on the lookout for pickpockets, who are reportedly operating in the downtown area. According to RÚV, theft from pockets, bags, and backpacks has been reported in the vicinity of Hallgrímskirkja.  In a police announcement, authorities describe the thieves as imitating traditional tourist attire. Their main targets are travellers, the police say, and have struck unsuspecting victims in public and a…

The police in the capital area are warning of thieves who have been on the move in the city center in recent days. Reports of thefts have been received at Hallgrímskirkja and its surroundings. In the report, the thieves are said to be foreign and "dressed like tourists, so to speak," carrying backpacks. They prey on tourists, often two or more together, and steal from pockets, bags and backpacks, both in public places and in hotels. It is believ…

According to the Lisbon Metropolitan Command (Cometlis) of the PSP, the two women, aged 22 and 24, were arrested last Monday at 19:00, for having stolen a wallet containing 685 euros in cash and various documents from the backpack of a tourist inserted in a group. Cometlis adds that the police, who belong to the team specially created by the PSP to combat the phenomenon of pickpocketing, intercepted the two suspects when, “in a cunning, coordina…

The arrest was made by the Lisbon PSP. However, they were released by court decision

The last time this month they were arrested was earlier this week in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, in Lisbon. The target was a group of tourists, who stole a wallet containing “685 euros in cash and several documents” from one of them.

Pickpockets unleashed on the subway with tourists and not targeted at the main stations of line A. In the last few days, the Carabinieri have arrested ten people. Unscrupulous thieves who always acted in the same way. In practice, they took advantage of the moments in which the trains were...