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	<title>Thiefhunters in Paradise &#187; Travel Advisory</title>
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	<description>or, High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere</description>
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		<title>Theft in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/06/theft-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa—It was somewhat of a shock to find nothing but white lines on asphalt in the place we knew we left a van. We couldn’t help but wonder whether our minds were slipping and the van stood undisturbed in a forgotten location. But there it wasn&#8217;t, high noon and sixty feet from the entrance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to steal a Rolex off a driver&#8217;s wrist</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/05/steal-rolex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we interviewed Luciano in Naples, Italy, our translator, a Napolitano, explained how Rolexes are stolen off the wrists of drivers in the summer. The team targets expensive cars and scopes out the drivers’ watches from the vantage point of a motorcycle. It’s hot. The windows are up and the air-conditioner is on. Traffic is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hotel lobby luggage theft</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/04/hotel-lobby-luggage-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/04/hotel-lobby-luggage-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breakfast thief]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“No thanks, I’ll carry that bag myself,” Marianne Crossley said to the porter as she stepped out of the London black cab, “it’s too valuable.” She handed a fistful of pound sterling to the driver, hefted her designer tote, and followed the porter into the cool marble lobby of the Langham Hilton Hotel. Elegance embraced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickpocket justice</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/04/beaten-pickpocket/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/04/beaten-pickpocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bob Arno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pickpocket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RAILWAY RAJ With a firm grip on the patient’s big toe, the hospital orderly entered the police inspector’s office. He carried the full weight of the patient’s plastered leg, which extended from the wheelchair without any other support. As he was pushed from behind and pulled by the toe, the patient hunched awkwardly in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theft on a plane</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/01/theft-on-plane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All this hearsay, lately, about pickpockets onboard airplanes. Even a celebrity-son helped himself to sleeping passengers&#8217; valuables. Here&#8217;s what a thief told me, in pickpocket-lingo: The Stick, the Shade, and the Wire &#8220;JD&#8221; an American whiz player, travels to all the top sporting events in the United States. His favorite tool is a garment bag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickpockets in Durban, South Africa</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/01/pickpockets-durban-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/01/pickpockets-durban-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We do what you do,” Bob told the poker-faced pickpocket. “Same job.” Looking at his blank expression, it wasn’t clear that he understood. Perhaps he didn’t speak English. If he did understand, his mind must have been racing. What could be worse for a pickpocket than being confronted by a stranger? Even one who claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad behavior in Cairo</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/bad-behavior-cairo/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/bad-behavior-cairo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m mortified to remember the time I refused to shake hands with an Egyptian. It’s a sad commentary on the state of the world when one must look at every stranger with distrustful eyes, and in some ways it defeats the whole purpose of leisure travel. Spectacular landscapes, ruins, markets, shops, and food are only [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Knock-out gas on overnight trains</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p3/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Atul and Smriti Shah experienced it first-hand. “It happened during the night,” they concluded. “The entire compartment was sprayed with some sort of gas that knocked us out. Then our suitcase was slowly extracted from under our seat, the lock twisted loose and, with all the time in the world, the suitcase was looted.” Atul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theft on overnight trains</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p2/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overnight train travel requires watchfulness. Stations can be seedy. They’re open and available to anyone, with or without tickets. They attract a varied population of travelers and non-travelers alike. Vigilance is vital. Stations with the biggest theft problems are those that are connected to, or nearby, bus or subway stations, which are often hangouts for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Central and East European Train Crime</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-crime-p1/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-crime-p1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[robbery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Railway mafia groups fight over territory along the thousands of kilometers of track across Central &#38; Eastern Europe. The most lucrative connections are those between major cities which are most frequented by foreign tourists who are filthy rich, naive, gullible, and can afford to shed some of their wealth, in the eyes of the criminals [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The flower gift lift—Part 3 of 3</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift-part3/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift-part3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Offer of a Flower is a Foil for Filching Palma de Mallorca, Spain— Bob and I trailed a trio of young women through Palma’s shopping district. Working separately but near each other, they halfheartedly approached a seemingly random selection of meandering tourists. Most ignored the women’s overtures, but one amiable couple paused with interest. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The flower gift lift—Part 2 of 3</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift-part2/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift-part2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Palma de Mallorca, Spain— Thirty to forty women practice this form of filching every day in Palma. They linger where the tourists are: around Palacio Almudiana in particular, and in the small cobblestone streets around Plaza Mayor. The women perform one-on-one, but they work in groups. We see them walk “to work” in gangs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The flower gift lift</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/08/flower-gift-lift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palma de Mallorca, Spain— She looks like your grandmother—possibly even your great-grandmother. With a gap-toothed smile, she offers you a single red carnation. Wordlessly, she pokes its short stem through your buttonhole. Is the old woman an unofficial ambassador of this island resort town? “One peseta,” she pleads, or “one cent.” Her black skirt and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fake police, aka Pseudo-Cops</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/fake-police/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/fake-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social engineering]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Bangkok, seemingly corrupt police are extorting large sums from foreign visitors. In South Africa, pseudo-cops are stopping drivers and pedestrians, requesting wallets in order to see identification or &#8220;search for contraband,&#8221; then absconding. In Stockholm, thieves impersonating police lured seniors into give up their PINs at ATMs in the name of &#8220;controlling withdrawals.&#8221; This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling with luggage</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/luggage-2/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/luggage-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure it sounds obsessive to mention the necessity of onboard watchfulness when you fly. The likelihood of theft while on an aircraft is low, granted; but it’s unpredictable, and that’s the problem. If you’re carrying valuables, say cash, jewelry, even credit cards, you may as well continue with your precautions. The risks are to [...]]]></description>
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