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

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 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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КОМЕНТАРІ • 120

  • @moonisvlogs1984
    @moonisvlogs1984 2 місяці тому +41

    This lady is doing a wonderful service!

  • @cavanpatrick6343
    @cavanpatrick6343 9 місяців тому +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 29 днів тому +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 4 місяці тому +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 23 дні тому +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 11 днів тому +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.

  • @talkingoyster
    @talkingoyster 10 місяців тому +28

    Disgraceful comments from the authorities

    • @pet470
      @pet470 10 місяців тому +2

      Que autoridades?😅

  • @adamhall5024
    @adamhall5024 Рік тому +151

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

    • @UnschoolingtheSpitz
      @UnschoolingtheSpitz Рік тому +1

      Es muy cierto

    • @makavelimaka8035
      @makavelimaka8035 Рік тому +1

      They work hand in hand with them.

    • @kbrich-nn8od
      @kbrich-nn8od 11 місяців тому +4

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

    • @noman266
      @noman266 10 місяців тому +3

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

    • @muzikelektronik
      @muzikelektronik 7 місяців тому

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

  • @muzikelektronik
    @muzikelektronik 7 місяців тому +43

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

  • @Tina-rg1cb
    @Tina-rg1cb 3 місяці тому +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 3 місяці тому +2

      Yeah I was kinda shocked by that statement too.

  • @ProjetoCapoeirando
    @ProjetoCapoeirando Рік тому +30

    Citizens fighting back! I love it

  • @Official_Baba_yaga
    @Official_Baba_yaga Рік тому +27

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

  • @TheASSedoTV
    @TheASSedoTV 2 місяці тому +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.

  • @MyName123.
    @MyName123. 2 місяці тому +5

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

  • @aztronomy7457
    @aztronomy7457 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +16

    Well done to them for exposing them

  • @vamanostomas9380
    @vamanostomas9380 4 місяці тому +5

    What a worthless cop!

  • @DavidGetling
    @DavidGetling Рік тому +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 Рік тому +6

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

    • @kevinreily2529
      @kevinreily2529 2 місяці тому +2

      Here’s an idea, skip the Barcelona.

    • @persona5305
      @persona5305 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @fpark101
    @fpark101 Рік тому +6

    Whatever works to stop thieves

  • @marinadela1361
    @marinadela1361 Рік тому +10

    What a queen.

  • @michaelbrent4430
    @michaelbrent4430 19 днів тому

    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 🙄

  • @townrumor
    @townrumor Рік тому +16

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

    • @jashuasmith9361
      @jashuasmith9361 Рік тому +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.

  • @kevink6420
    @kevink6420 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @icanthearyoufool
    @icanthearyoufool 9 днів тому

    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.

  • @robertskolimowski7049
    @robertskolimowski7049 Рік тому +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 5 місяців тому

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

  • @pbworld7858
    @pbworld7858 День тому

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

  • @acbc3543
    @acbc3543 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

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

    • @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos
      @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos 10 місяців тому +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 6 місяців тому +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 9 днів тому

    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.

  • @ellaenchanted2348
    @ellaenchanted2348 8 місяців тому +6

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

  • @carnivore4life470
    @carnivore4life470 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @janiekcarney5482
    @janiekcarney5482 Рік тому +6

    I won’t be touring in Spain.

    • @JoseGarcia-eadgbe
      @JoseGarcia-eadgbe Рік тому +2

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

    • @pedroabril4177
      @pedroabril4177 5 місяців тому

      No todos somos carteristas? Jajaja

    • @pedroabril4177
      @pedroabril4177 5 місяців тому

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 5 місяців тому

      Ahora mismo España y Barcelona va sobrada de turistas .

    • @tasnim984
      @tasnim984 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @lilcaramel0
    @lilcaramel0 11 місяців тому +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 🤧

  • @Pqsdfgh
    @Pqsdfgh 2 місяці тому +1

    If the police was doing his job…

  • @peter-gx7mg
    @peter-gx7mg 8 місяців тому +2

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

    • @backintimealwyn5736
      @backintimealwyn5736 2 місяці тому

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

  • @creamdelacreme
    @creamdelacreme Місяць тому

    How can we support her efforts??

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline 20 днів тому

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

  • @jeffmoore4153
    @jeffmoore4153 Рік тому

    So the people catching pickpockets are illegal??

  • @AlliandoX
    @AlliandoX 3 місяці тому +1

    Police protect the pickpockets

  • @claricetat1578
    @claricetat1578 Рік тому +1

    More eyes the better!

  • @Pieinear1
    @Pieinear1 11 місяців тому +1

    The Spanish Police must be very busy eating Spanish Donuts 😬

  • @fak0rg077
    @fak0rg077 Рік тому +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.

  • @salesmid7338
    @salesmid7338 2 дні тому

    You did great

  • @user-ge6wyJacqueline
    @user-ge6wyJacqueline 4 місяці тому

    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

  • @marc-andrelachapelle5707
    @marc-andrelachapelle5707 2 місяці тому

    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.

  • @hman9581
    @hman9581 Рік тому +2

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

    • @iamtesting3824
      @iamtesting3824 Рік тому

      because French

    • @ardilahayu822
      @ardilahayu822 Рік тому +2

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 5 місяців тому

      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 5 місяців тому

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

  • @plurainudjan
    @plurainudjan 11 місяців тому +1

    Eliana is my hero !

  • @AK-ei5st
    @AK-ei5st 2 місяці тому

    Better not to go to Barcelona at all.

  • @Oharadanny123abcdefg
    @Oharadanny123abcdefg 2 місяці тому

    Are they mostly Tigani?

  • @jellyfish9152
    @jellyfish9152 Місяць тому

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

  • @andresaunders8012
    @andresaunders8012 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @leojones22
    @leojones22 27 днів тому

    Pockets Picked

  • @tonyadeney1245
    @tonyadeney1245 2 місяці тому

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

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa8429 8 місяців тому

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

  • @kevinreily2529
    @kevinreily2529 3 місяці тому

    This is why I never go to Barcelona!

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 2 місяці тому

      En Barcelona sobran turistas,por turistas no será jaja

    • @Answersonapostcard
      @Answersonapostcard 14 днів тому

      Pickpockets are present in every city and in every country.

  • @c.eduardo
    @c.eduardo 9 місяців тому

    mira como se ríen la guardia urbana, así trabajan 😂

  • @kittoybig
    @kittoybig 6 днів тому

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

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefits Місяць тому

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

  • @johndavalito9027
    @johndavalito9027 Місяць тому

    Barcelona is ridden with crime

  • @lickeymo
    @lickeymo 11 днів тому

    I really love Eliana and her team for good job!

  • @1848revolt
    @1848revolt Рік тому +1

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

  • @kingvo235
    @kingvo235 6 днів тому

    Police is not happy because she is doing their jobs

  • @kbrich-nn8od
    @kbrich-nn8od 11 місяців тому

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

  • @macmel2160
    @macmel2160 8 місяців тому

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

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 5 місяців тому

      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
    @benchen123 2 місяці тому

    2024 April. Still the same

  • @a.a.7416
    @a.a.7416 2 місяці тому

    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.

  • @skmanjurali7142
    @skmanjurali7142 Рік тому

    Stop it Barca fans

  • @ogedeh
    @ogedeh Рік тому

    Lol wat

  • @sabinosinesi239
    @sabinosinesi239 9 місяців тому

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

  • @meditationbreath
    @meditationbreath Рік тому

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

  • @Paralyzer
    @Paralyzer Рік тому +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 Рік тому +4

      Why blame innocent instead of thieves

    • @GssUpp
      @GssUpp Рік тому

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

  • @klausbinder9048
    @klausbinder9048 Рік тому +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 Місяць тому

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