Barcelona’s residents try to crack down on pickpockets • FRANCE 24 English

Barcelona’s residents are forming citizen patrols and turning to social media to tackle petty crimes, as the number of tourists - and pickpockets - returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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  • @moonisvlogs1984
    @moonisvlogs19842 ай бұрын

    This lady is doing a wonderful service!

  • @cavanpatrick6343
    @cavanpatrick63438 ай бұрын

    Eliana Guerrero is amazing she has been at this for many years and she simply says she wants tourists to go home and say they enjoyed Barcelona rather than to say they were pickpocketed in Barcelona. She knows who the pickpockets are and where they like to work how they work. As already said, if the police did their job she wouldn’t have to do it for them

  • @carlperl412

    @carlperl412

    16 күн бұрын

    Eliana Guerrero is from Venezuela 🇻🇪 she migrated from her motherland because the socialism destroyed the whole country. She loved Spain and gives all her heart to defend it and avoid the collapse of this country like Venezuela. Definitely, she honors her surname (Guerrero = Warrior).

  • @johnortiz566
    @johnortiz5663 ай бұрын

    Do you know what else is illegal, stealing? Do your jobs, law enforcement, and citizens won't have to resort to these tactics.

  • @DJRonnieG

    @DJRonnieG

    10 күн бұрын

    Reasons why I'm reluctant to visit various countries. As a New Yorker I haven't needed to deal with too much thievery outside of middle school.

  • @adamhall5024
    @adamhall5024 Жыл бұрын

    If Spanish police did their jobs, she wouldn’t be there

  • @UnschoolingtheSpitz

    @UnschoolingtheSpitz

    Жыл бұрын

    Es muy cierto

  • @makavelimaka8035

    @makavelimaka8035

    Жыл бұрын

    They work hand in hand with them.

  • @kbrich-nn8od

    @kbrich-nn8od

    11 ай бұрын

    That police spokeswoman sounds like a San Francisco Bleed'N Heart'D Liberal'/!!!

  • @noman266

    @noman266

    10 ай бұрын

    Sadly I have to agree. Too much political correctness and doing nothing are ruining our society! @@kbrich-nn8od

  • @muzikelektronik

    @muzikelektronik

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kbrich-nn8od THAT woman is a great example of the stupidity level knocking down Europe. They are everywhere ... its a covert pandemic

  • @muzikelektronik
    @muzikelektronik6 ай бұрын

    So basically this woman is letting everyone know that they CANNOT defend themselves against criminals?! WOW. No wonder Spain is doing so great

  • @talkingoyster
    @talkingoyster10 ай бұрын

    Disgraceful comments from the authorities

  • @pet470

    @pet470

    10 ай бұрын

    Que autoridades?😅

  • @Tina-rg1cb
    @Tina-rg1cb3 ай бұрын

    What's illegal about a mobile recorder? Literally every smartphone records people's movements every minute of every day and cctv watches you everywhere

  • @retropaganda8442

    @retropaganda8442

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah I was kinda shocked by that statement too.

  • @TheASSedoTV
    @TheASSedoTV2 ай бұрын

    I’m with this woman. She is conscious and motivated unlike that police speaker. Everything is simple - if the government doesn’t take care of business, then people will.

  • @Official_Baba_yaga
    @Official_Baba_yaga Жыл бұрын

    Why is it police refuse to do their job then get pissed off when average joes take action ?

  • @ProjetoCapoeirando
    @ProjetoCapoeirando11 ай бұрын

    Citizens fighting back! I love it

  • @MyName123.
    @MyName123.2 ай бұрын

    Spain's police should give her an award 🎖️🏆 for fighting crime & bringing evidence for court cases against thieves

  • @aztronomy7457
    @aztronomy7457 Жыл бұрын

    I remember I met a beautiful woman at the bar. Was going back with her to my apartment, then some dude stole the phone out of her purse. We tried to chase after him but he was gone. She went home in tears and I went home alone. I’ll never forget that day.

  • @tFighterPilot

    @tFighterPilot

    Жыл бұрын

    damn, got cockblocked by a pickpocketer

  • @chrismitsos6817

    @chrismitsos6817

    11 ай бұрын

    He ruined your night!

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX Жыл бұрын

    Well done to them for exposing them

  • @vamanostomas9380
    @vamanostomas93803 ай бұрын

    What a worthless cop!

  • @DavidGetling
    @DavidGetling Жыл бұрын

    Here's a good idea. Get a really tough inner bag, to place inside an outer bag, and make it a tempting target. In the bag have several pieces of tangled razor wire: maybe even coated with something really nasty.

  • @supahfly_uk

    @supahfly_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    A bag or pocket with fish hooks sewn into it works a treat.

  • @kevinreily2529

    @kevinreily2529

    2 ай бұрын

    Here’s an idea, skip the Barcelona.

  • @persona5305

    @persona5305

    2 ай бұрын

    @@kevinreily2529might as well skip european countries all together because they are all over

  • @fpark101
    @fpark101 Жыл бұрын

    Whatever works to stop thieves

  • @michaelbrent4430
    @michaelbrent44306 күн бұрын

    I love how the spokesperson doesn’t admit there’s a pickpocket issue. It’s the people trying to stop it voluntarily that are clearly the issue 🙄

  • @marinadela1361
    @marinadela1361 Жыл бұрын

    What a queen.

  • @kevink6420
    @kevink642022 күн бұрын

    I'd just like to ask the police chief who she is protecting

  • @townrumor
    @townrumor Жыл бұрын

    That lady saying no mase or recording device lol what are you doing to help

  • @jashuasmith9361

    @jashuasmith9361

    Жыл бұрын

    Because she’s for it and don’t want any solutions for the crimes in order to give herself relevance towards having something to point to, to have fake outrage, for things be about her as solution to the problem.

  • @acbc3543
    @acbc3543 Жыл бұрын

    My money and vacation time will not be sent to Spain at all . I want to spend money and not to be pickpocketed

  • @hman9581

    @hman9581

    Жыл бұрын

    Lazy Spanish people. They need to find a decent job.

  • @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos

    @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos

    9 ай бұрын

    Find out where pick pockets come from and what they look like, then avoid them. I buskered for 6 years in Barcelona. If I tell you who and where the pick pockets are from I'll be called a racist and get kicked off youtube.

  • @li528ify

    @li528ify

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@unabrazoatodoslosbuenosit doesn't matter where are they from, they are doing it in Barcelona bc Barcelona law protects them more than the victim, the problem here is Barcelona

  • @robertskolimowski7049
    @robertskolimowski7049 Жыл бұрын

    1:50 Hold on, isn't the pickpockets' activity more illegal? U should be doing what those brave citizens are doing, why don't u crack down on the pickpockets in earnest? ✌

  • @sergiodamm3705

    @sergiodamm3705

    5 ай бұрын

    if they are caught with stolen items that add up to 400€ or more they'll go to jail

  • @ellaenchanted2348
    @ellaenchanted23488 ай бұрын

    Maybe the police should do their job instead of being “not happy” about it

  • @creamdelacreme
    @creamdelacreme26 күн бұрын

    How can we support her efforts??

  • @janiekcarney5482
    @janiekcarney5482 Жыл бұрын

    I won’t be touring in Spain.

  • @JoseGarcia-eadgbe

    @JoseGarcia-eadgbe

    Жыл бұрын

    I go to the nude beach..no pockets 💅🏿

  • @pedroabril4177

    @pedroabril4177

    4 ай бұрын

    No todos somos carteristas? Jajaja

  • @pedroabril4177

    @pedroabril4177

    4 ай бұрын

    Pienso que este año vinieron mas de 80 millones de turistas????

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    4 ай бұрын

    Ahora mismo España y Barcelona va sobrada de turistas .

  • @tasnim984

    @tasnim984

    2 ай бұрын

    It's all over Europe,not just in Spain.

  • @Pqsdfgh
    @PqsdfghАй бұрын

    If the police was doing his job…

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline6 күн бұрын

    4-digit Combination PADLOCK on your Bag how do hide your combination if someone looking

  • @lilcaramel0
    @lilcaramel010 ай бұрын

    Di indonesia pencopet yang ketahuan bisa dipukuli orang lokal sekitar, atau sudah babak belur kemudian baru diserahkan polisi, bahkan tidak jarang mereka mati ditempat 🤧

  • @jeffmoore4153
    @jeffmoore415311 ай бұрын

    So the people catching pickpockets are illegal??

  • @AlliandoX
    @AlliandoX3 ай бұрын

    Police protect the pickpockets

  • @claricetat1578
    @claricetat1578 Жыл бұрын

    More eyes the better!

  • @fak0rg077
    @fak0rg077 Жыл бұрын

    as long as the group seems competent i dont care if they are recording, as she said its in the public intrest. on the otherhand if the group was only karens, this could be annoying.

  • @carnivore4life470
    @carnivore4life4702 ай бұрын

    lol, I love it when the police get mad because you make them look bad.

  • @marc-andrelachapelle5707
    @marc-andrelachapelle5707Ай бұрын

    Funny and not funny, my mom on her last day in Spain got stole. Thankfully only 40euro. They were around her trying to sell flowers. They were quick, the money was in front in banana wallet, and the wallet with zipper inside.

  • @jellyfish9152
    @jellyfish9152Ай бұрын

    Well, Eliana has worn her bag wrongly. She should have put her bag on her chest.

  • @AK-ei5st
    @AK-ei5stАй бұрын

    Better not to go to Barcelona at all.

  • @Pieinear1
    @Pieinear111 ай бұрын

    The Spanish Police must be very busy eating Spanish Donuts 😬

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    4 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @peter-gx7mg
    @peter-gx7mg8 ай бұрын

    It's a shame Parisians don't do the same.

  • @backintimealwyn5736

    @backintimealwyn5736

    2 ай бұрын

    they do, they were several videos lately, they follow the girls everywhere and yell "pick pocket , pick pocket" , it's hilarious.

  • @leojones22
    @leojones2213 күн бұрын

    Pockets Picked

  • @plurainudjan
    @plurainudjan10 ай бұрын

    Eliana is my hero !

  • @Oharadanny123abcdefg
    @Oharadanny123abcdefg2 ай бұрын

    Are they mostly Tigani?

  • @hman9581
    @hman9581 Жыл бұрын

    France has pickpocketers too. Why not a segment of them in Paris.

  • @iamtesting3824

    @iamtesting3824

    Жыл бұрын

    because French

  • @ardilahayu822

    @ardilahayu822

    Жыл бұрын

    Barcelona has many and dangerous city. I got pickpocket in barcelona, definitely will not come back to this poor city

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    4 ай бұрын

    Nos Roban porque no vas preparado ni mentalizado y se cometen errores y se les da facilidades ,a mí no me volverán a quitar la cartera .​@@ardilahayu822

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@ardilahayu822ahora mi cartera billetero tiene una buena cadena .

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline4 ай бұрын

    can you put a decoy in your back pocket decoy wallet with fake cards and use anti theft bag with rfid blocking Slash resistant straps

  • @tonyadeney1245
    @tonyadeney12452 ай бұрын

    authorities comment dangerous ---- its dangerous having all your identity stolen too ... // good job --

  • @andresaunders8012
    @andresaunders801211 ай бұрын

    My thoughts were a broken arm or hand would be a lesson.

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa84297 ай бұрын

    When i go to Barcelona i carry my fishing hooks in my back pockets.

  • @kevinreily2529
    @kevinreily25292 ай бұрын

    This is why I never go to Barcelona!

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    2 ай бұрын

    En Barcelona sobran turistas,por turistas no será jaja

  • @Answersonapostcard

    @Answersonapostcard

    Күн бұрын

    Pickpockets are present in every city and in every country.

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefitsАй бұрын

    Central Barcelona is one of the worst European cities for petty crime.

  • @c.eduardo
    @c.eduardo8 ай бұрын

    mira como se ríen la guardia urbana, así trabajan 😂

  • @johndavalito9027
    @johndavalito9027Ай бұрын

    Barcelona is ridden with crime

  • @kbrich-nn8od
    @kbrich-nn8od11 ай бұрын

    That police spokeswoman sounds like a San Francisco Bleed'N Heart'D Liberal'/!!!

  • @macmel2160
    @macmel21608 ай бұрын

    I will bring in Barcelona in 2 weeks, it’s gonna be a blood bath if the rob me lol

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    4 ай бұрын

    Eso pensaba yo ,pero si no vas preparado,mentalizado y das facilidades ,te pueden quitar la cartera y no te enteras ,a mí me pasó.Pero ya no me pasará ,llevo buena cadena en la cartera .

  • @benchen123
    @benchen1232 ай бұрын

    2024 April. Still the same

  • @1848revolt
    @1848revolt Жыл бұрын

    Ask for work if they dont give you work ask for bread if they dont give you bread, take the bread.

  • @skmanjurali7142
    @skmanjurali7142 Жыл бұрын

    Stop it Barca fans

  • @ogedeh
    @ogedeh Жыл бұрын

    Lol wat

  • @a.a.7416
    @a.a.74162 ай бұрын

    The woke brigade (the pencil-pushing bureaucrats, many of whom were awarded jobs through nepotism) does not want citizens to act on what their incompetent police force does not want to fight. Way to go, Barcelona.

  • @Paralyzer
    @Paralyzer Жыл бұрын

    cuidado! Pickpockets Why anyone would wear their wallet or phone in their back pocket is beyond any reason , that’s the definition of insanity That’s a disaster waiting to happen . Think logically, use that brain of yours when you go out to use the metro

  • @fpark101

    @fpark101

    Жыл бұрын

    Why blame innocent instead of thieves

  • @GssUpp

    @GssUpp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fpark101 because their hand will not be cut up when they get caught XD

  • @meditationbreath
    @meditationbreath Жыл бұрын

    police we are so upset citizens are doing the job we are paid to do but neglect--- ermmmmm funny that

  • @sabinosinesi239
    @sabinosinesi2399 ай бұрын

    La borsa avanti i soldi in tasca avanti,,,,vedrai che le ladre Non rubano,,,,,

  • @klausbinder9048
    @klausbinder9048 Жыл бұрын

    Well, bad looks, she comes across as a person who doesn't have a fulfilling life. Apparently she has nothing else to do. Besides, it's not her job!

  • @ericwang9926
    @ericwang992627 күн бұрын

    What a stupid country? Photographing pickpockets is illegal but pickpockets deemed legal.