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

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  • čas přidán 5. 10. 2022
  • 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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Komentáře • 120

  • @moonisvlogs1984
    @moonisvlogs1984 Před 2 měsíci +41

    This lady is doing a wonderful service!

  • @cavanpatrick6343
    @cavanpatrick6343 Před 9 měsíci +70

    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 Před 29 dny +1

      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
    @johnortiz566 Před 4 měsíci +29

    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 Před 23 dny +1

      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.

    • @juancatabeta5500
      @juancatabeta5500 Před 11 dny +1

      @@DJRonnieG you are from N.Y and you don''t want to visit other countried bc of criminality. It is like being from Afghanistan and not wanting to visit other countries before of internal turmoil.

  • @adamhall5024
    @adamhall5024 Před rokem +151

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

    • @UnschoolingtheSpitz
      @UnschoolingtheSpitz Před rokem +1

      Es muy cierto

    • @makavelimaka8035
      @makavelimaka8035 Před rokem +1

      They work hand in hand with them.

    • @kbrich-nn8od
      @kbrich-nn8od Před 11 měsíci +4

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

    • @noman266
      @noman266 Před 10 měsíci +3

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

    • @muzikelektronik
      @muzikelektronik Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @talkingoyster
    @talkingoyster Před 10 měsíci +28

    Disgraceful comments from the authorities

    • @pet470
      @pet470 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Que autoridades?😅

  • @Tina-rg1cb
    @Tina-rg1cb Před 3 měsíci +21

    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 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yeah I was kinda shocked by that statement too.

  • @muzikelektronik
    @muzikelektronik Před 7 měsíci +43

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

  • @TheASSedoTV
    @TheASSedoTV Před 2 měsíci +11

    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.

  • @ProjetoCapoeirando
    @ProjetoCapoeirando Před rokem +30

    Citizens fighting back! I love it

  • @Official_Baba_yaga
    @Official_Baba_yaga Před rokem +27

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

  • @MyName123.
    @MyName123. Před 2 měsíci +5

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

  • @aztronomy7457
    @aztronomy7457 Před rokem +41

    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.

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX Před rokem +16

    Well done to them for exposing them

  • @vamanostomas9380
    @vamanostomas9380 Před 4 měsíci +5

    What a worthless cop!

  • @DavidGetling
    @DavidGetling Před rokem +14

    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 Před rokem +6

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

    • @kevinreily2529
      @kevinreily2529 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Here’s an idea, skip the Barcelona.

    • @persona5305
      @persona5305 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @marinadela1361
    @marinadela1361 Před rokem +10

    What a queen.

  • @fpark101
    @fpark101 Před rokem +6

    Whatever works to stop thieves

  • @townrumor
    @townrumor Před rokem +16

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

    • @jashuasmith9361
      @jashuasmith9361 Před rokem +5

      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.

  • @michaelbrent4430
    @michaelbrent4430 Před 18 dny

    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 🙄

  • @robertskolimowski7049
    @robertskolimowski7049 Před rokem +7

    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 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @kevink6420
    @kevink6420 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @creamdelacreme
    @creamdelacreme Před měsícem

    How can we support her efforts??

  • @janiekcarney5482
    @janiekcarney5482 Před rokem +6

    I won’t be touring in Spain.

    • @JoseGarcia-eadgbe
      @JoseGarcia-eadgbe Před rokem +2

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

    • @pedroabril4177
      @pedroabril4177 Před 5 měsíci

      No todos somos carteristas? Jajaja

    • @pedroabril4177
      @pedroabril4177 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 Před 5 měsíci

      Ahora mismo España y Barcelona va sobrada de turistas .

    • @tasnim984
      @tasnim984 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @icanthearyoufool
    @icanthearyoufool Před 8 dny

    Went there once. Thankfully, i didn't get caught out by pickpockets but was always vigilant. Not relaxing. I'll never go back because of them.

  • @ellaenchanted2348
    @ellaenchanted2348 Před 8 měsíci +6

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

  • @pbworld7858
    @pbworld7858 Před dnem

    This lady doing the police's work while they do nothing.

  • @Pqsdfgh
    @Pqsdfgh Před 2 měsíci +1

    If the police was doing his job…

  • @carnivore4life470
    @carnivore4life470 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline Před 19 dny

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

  • @acbc3543
    @acbc3543 Před rokem +18

    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 Před rokem

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

    • @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos
      @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos Před 10 měsíci +2

      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 Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@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

  • @jonnyboy8000
    @jonnyboy8000 Před 8 dny

    If the police did their job, she wouldn’t need to do this. It’s the same the world over. When citizens actually want to sort a problem out the officials say oh don’t bother we’ll do it and then they give up halfway through.

  • @lilcaramel0
    @lilcaramel0 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @peter-gx7mg
    @peter-gx7mg Před 8 měsíci +2

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

    • @backintimealwyn5736
      @backintimealwyn5736 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @plurainudjan
    @plurainudjan Před 11 měsíci +1

    Eliana is my hero !

  • @salesmid7338
    @salesmid7338 Před dnem

    You did great

  • @claricetat1578
    @claricetat1578 Před rokem +1

    More eyes the better!

  • @fak0rg077
    @fak0rg077 Před rokem +3

    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.

  • @leojones22
    @leojones22 Před 26 dny

    Pockets Picked

  • @AlliandoX
    @AlliandoX Před 3 měsíci +1

    Police protect the pickpockets

  • @AK-ei5st
    @AK-ei5st Před 2 měsíci

    Better not to go to Barcelona at all.

  • @tonyadeney1245
    @tonyadeney1245 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @jeffmoore4153
    @jeffmoore4153 Před rokem

    So the people catching pickpockets are illegal??

  • @marc-andrelachapelle5707
    @marc-andrelachapelle5707 Před měsícem

    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
    @jellyfish9152 Před měsícem

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

  • @Pieinear1
    @Pieinear1 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The Spanish Police must be very busy eating Spanish Donuts 😬

  • @hman9581
    @hman9581 Před rokem +2

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

    • @iamtesting3824
      @iamtesting3824 Před rokem

      because French

    • @ardilahayu822
      @ardilahayu822 Před rokem +2

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 Před 5 měsíci

      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 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline Před 4 měsíci

    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

  • @Oharadanny123abcdefg
    @Oharadanny123abcdefg Před 2 měsíci

    Are they mostly Tigani?

  • @andresaunders8012
    @andresaunders8012 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @c.eduardo
    @c.eduardo Před 9 měsíci

    mira como se ríen la guardia urbana, así trabajan 😂

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa8429 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @kevinreily2529
    @kevinreily2529 Před 2 měsíci

    This is why I never go to Barcelona!

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 Před 2 měsíci

      En Barcelona sobran turistas,por turistas no será jaja

    • @Answersonapostcard
      @Answersonapostcard Před 13 dny

      Pickpockets are present in every city and in every country.

  • @lickeymo
    @lickeymo Před 10 dny

    I really love Eliana and her team for good job!

  • @kittoybig
    @kittoybig Před 5 dny

    Where are the police? Oh, I am sorry, they are plain lazy and incompetent.

  • @benchen123
    @benchen123 Před 2 měsíci

    2024 April. Still the same

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefits Před měsícem

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

  • @kbrich-nn8od
    @kbrich-nn8od Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @kingvo235
    @kingvo235 Před 5 dny

    Police is not happy because she is doing their jobs

  • @macmel2160
    @macmel2160 Před 8 měsíci

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 Před 5 měsíci

      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 .

  • @skmanjurali7142
    @skmanjurali7142 Před rokem

    Stop it Barca fans

  • @johndavalito9027
    @johndavalito9027 Před měsícem

    Barcelona is ridden with crime

  • @sabinosinesi239
    @sabinosinesi239 Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @a.a.7416
    @a.a.7416 Před 2 měsíci

    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.

  • @1848revolt
    @1848revolt Před rokem +1

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

  • @meditationbreath
    @meditationbreath Před rokem

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

  • @ogedeh
    @ogedeh Před rokem

    Lol wat

  • @Paralyzer
    @Paralyzer Před rokem +2

    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 Před rokem +4

      Why blame innocent instead of thieves

    • @GssUpp
      @GssUpp Před rokem

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

  • @klausbinder9048
    @klausbinder9048 Před rokem +1

    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
    @ericwang9926 Před měsícem

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