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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This lady is doing a wonderful service!
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
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).
Do you know what else is illegal, stealing? Do your jobs, law enforcement, and citizens won't have to resort to these tactics.
@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.
If Spanish police did their jobs, she wouldn’t be there
@UnschoolingtheSpitz
Жыл бұрын
Es muy cierto
@makavelimaka8035
Жыл бұрын
They work hand in hand with them.
@kbrich-nn8od
11 ай бұрын
That police spokeswoman sounds like a San Francisco Bleed'N Heart'D Liberal'/!!!
@noman266
10 ай бұрын
Sadly I have to agree. Too much political correctness and doing nothing are ruining our society! @@kbrich-nn8od
@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
So basically this woman is letting everyone know that they CANNOT defend themselves against criminals?! WOW. No wonder Spain is doing so great
Disgraceful comments from the authorities
@pet470
10 ай бұрын
Que autoridades?😅
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
3 ай бұрын
Yeah I was kinda shocked by that statement too.
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.
Why is it police refuse to do their job then get pissed off when average joes take action ?
Citizens fighting back! I love it
Spain's police should give her an award 🎖️🏆 for fighting crime & bringing evidence for court cases against thieves
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
Жыл бұрын
damn, got cockblocked by a pickpocketer
@chrismitsos6817
11 ай бұрын
He ruined your night!
Well done to them for exposing them
What a worthless cop!
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
Жыл бұрын
A bag or pocket with fish hooks sewn into it works a treat.
@kevinreily2529
2 ай бұрын
Here’s an idea, skip the Barcelona.
@persona5305
2 ай бұрын
@@kevinreily2529might as well skip european countries all together because they are all over
Whatever works to stop thieves
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 🙄
What a queen.
I'd just like to ask the police chief who she is protecting
That lady saying no mase or recording device lol what are you doing to help
@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.
My money and vacation time will not be sent to Spain at all . I want to spend money and not to be pickpocketed
@hman9581
Жыл бұрын
Lazy Spanish people. They need to find a decent job.
@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
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
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
5 ай бұрын
if they are caught with stolen items that add up to 400€ or more they'll go to jail
Maybe the police should do their job instead of being “not happy” about it
How can we support her efforts??
I won’t be touring in Spain.
@JoseGarcia-eadgbe
Жыл бұрын
I go to the nude beach..no pockets 💅🏿
@pedroabril4177
4 ай бұрын
No todos somos carteristas? Jajaja
@pedroabril4177
4 ай бұрын
Pienso que este año vinieron mas de 80 millones de turistas????
@pedroviriato9356
4 ай бұрын
Ahora mismo España y Barcelona va sobrada de turistas .
@tasnim984
2 ай бұрын
It's all over Europe,not just in Spain.
If the police was doing his job…
4-digit Combination PADLOCK on your Bag how do hide your combination if someone looking
Di indonesia pencopet yang ketahuan bisa dipukuli orang lokal sekitar, atau sudah babak belur kemudian baru diserahkan polisi, bahkan tidak jarang mereka mati ditempat 🤧
So the people catching pickpockets are illegal??
Police protect the pickpockets
More eyes the better!
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.
lol, I love it when the police get mad because you make them look bad.
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.
Well, Eliana has worn her bag wrongly. She should have put her bag on her chest.
Better not to go to Barcelona at all.
The Spanish Police must be very busy eating Spanish Donuts 😬
@pedroviriato9356
4 ай бұрын
😂😂
It's a shame Parisians don't do the same.
@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.
Pockets Picked
Eliana is my hero !
Are they mostly Tigani?
France has pickpocketers too. Why not a segment of them in Paris.
@iamtesting3824
Жыл бұрын
because French
@ardilahayu822
Жыл бұрын
Barcelona has many and dangerous city. I got pickpocket in barcelona, definitely will not come back to this poor city
@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
4 ай бұрын
@@ardilahayu822ahora mi cartera billetero tiene una buena cadena .
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
authorities comment dangerous ---- its dangerous having all your identity stolen too ... // good job --
My thoughts were a broken arm or hand would be a lesson.
When i go to Barcelona i carry my fishing hooks in my back pockets.
This is why I never go to Barcelona!
@pedroviriato9356
2 ай бұрын
En Barcelona sobran turistas,por turistas no será jaja
@Answersonapostcard
Күн бұрын
Pickpockets are present in every city and in every country.
Central Barcelona is one of the worst European cities for petty crime.
mira como se ríen la guardia urbana, así trabajan 😂
Barcelona is ridden with crime
That police spokeswoman sounds like a San Francisco Bleed'N Heart'D Liberal'/!!!
I will bring in Barcelona in 2 weeks, it’s gonna be a blood bath if the rob me lol
@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 .
2024 April. Still the same
Ask for work if they dont give you work ask for bread if they dont give you bread, take the bread.
Stop it Barca fans
Lol wat
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.
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
Жыл бұрын
Why blame innocent instead of thieves
@GssUpp
Жыл бұрын
@@fpark101 because their hand will not be cut up when they get caught XD
police we are so upset citizens are doing the job we are paid to do but neglect--- ermmmmm funny that
La borsa avanti i soldi in tasca avanti,,,,vedrai che le ladre Non rubano,,,,,
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!
What a stupid country? Photographing pickpockets is illegal but pickpockets deemed legal.