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January 18, 2008
Barcelona: the pickpocket capital of the world?
Four people in Kevin Ryan's group of 15 tourists were robbed - unlucky or what?
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Having just come back from Barca myself, I would like to answer that question posed by Kevin. The answer is Yes.
Barcelona is Pickpocket Capital of the World. Myself and
my daughter were targetted twice that we know of within a few hours in the Las Ramblas area.
Caroline Sharp, Northumberland,
Spain seems to be pretty dodgy for pickpocketing - our family was targetted 3 times within 5 hours in Madrid once (the 3rd time they were unlucky as we had nothing left on us to steal).
Marcus, Cardiff, UK