Articles tagged ‘pickpockets’

Police in London’s West End target muggers and pickpockets

By Chris | July 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

There’s a story on the BBCNews website about police in the West End launching a crack down on street crime and particularly a form of pickpocketing they’ve termed ‘hugger mugging’, where pickpockets target people coming out of pubs and clubs who might have had a few drinks.
The pickpockets go up to the intended victim and [...]

 

London pickpocket gang jailed

By Chris | May 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This trio of miscreants, left to right Simona Feraru, Liviu Feraru, Daniela Cutarida, are a gang of professional pickpockets from Romania, jailed this week for ten months for stealing bank cards at Finsbury Park and Embankment stations this year. In one case Liviu Feraru watched a victim withdraw money from a cash machine noting the [...]

 

Watch out for pickpockets in London

By Chris | May 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

If you’re coming to London this summer you should take particular care with wallets and personal belongings, especially in the West End and on the Underground because the entry of Romania and Bulgaria into the European Union has brought an influx of pickpockets to London. People from those countries and Albanians are also behind a [...]

 

Daily Dose 11.29

By Chris | November 29th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

* British Pound nearly worth $2 which it hasn’t been since 1992(Guardian)
* Worried about global warming? Head to Britain, because according to a leading expert its position as an island at a high latitude will make it one of the few places able to support a normal society in the future(SkyNews)
* Christmas shoppers on Oxford [...]