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Street Thieves In Rio by LordCzar202: 1:04pm On Aug 09, 2016
As the world enjoys the spectacle of the Rio olympics, under all the wonderful heroic performances and sweat dripping competition lies a sludge of unprecedented glaring crimes to tourists.

UNAPOLOGETICALLY, a grown woman strides towards a pedestrian and flings her arm out in an attempt to steal her bag.
In another instance, a young boy hangs behind a man holding cash in his hand. Without one swift move, he grabs the cash and makes a run for it.
Any opportunity. Any victim. Sometimes in groups or sometimes solo, these criminals will do just about anything to make their steal.
This is how petty thieves in Rio de Janeiro make their living. Day by day, innocent victim after innocent victim. Handbag by handbag, cash is ripe for the steal.
Footage posted to Facebook has shown just how brazen Rio de Janeiro’s thieves really are, and with the Olympics in full swing, robbery is in peak season.
Here’s how they seem to do it; they get rather close to their target, swarming around their victim until an opportune moment, when with a simple swipe, they’ve got their prey.
They make no eye contact, sometimes they ride bikes, sometimes they run, sometimes they attack.
Earphones, cash, handbags, backpacks, iPhones and jewellery — anything that’s not protected — is fair game.
Rio’s shambolic security set up has been slammed by Australian Olympic chiefs, who say not enough is being done to protect athletes and visitors to events.
The criticism came with fresh revelations criminals are bypassing checkpoints with fake or no accreditation, a bullet struck a media tent and two team officials were robbed at knifepoint.
“The organising committee needs to do more, particularly at security checkpoints,” AOC spokesman Mike Tancred told the Daily Telegraph.
“The host nation is responsible for the safety of the 10,500 athletes who are in Rio right now, and it is just not good enough.”
Rio is one of the world’s most dangerous cities and a massive 85,000 strong security presence was deployed with the intention of keeping visitors safe.
“I went into six venues today. At two of them they did look at my accreditation, one was a cursory glance and three took no look whatsoever,” Olympic chief Kitty Chiller told News Corp.
“You know they all smile and say hello when you walk through they are very friendly but they don’t actually look at what’s hanging around your neck.”


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Re: Street Thieves In Rio by delishpot: 1:25pm On Aug 09, 2016
Almost all the robbing we're carried out by black skinned kids.. embarassed lipsrsealed

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Re: Street Thieves In Rio by LordCzar202: 1:36pm On Aug 09, 2016
The city of God as it os famously called has some large slums around it, that are ravaged with poverty. Most of those within this locality are dark skinned.
delishpot:
Almost all the robbing we're carried out by black skinned kids.. embarassed lipsrsealed

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Re: Street Thieves In Rio by delishpot: 1:38pm On Aug 09, 2016
LordCzar202:
The city of God as it os famously called has some large slums around it, that are ravaged with poverty. Most of those within this locality are dark skinned.

Chai! lipsrsealed
Re: Street Thieves In Rio by LordCzar202: 1:59pm On Aug 09, 2016
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LordCzar202:
The city of God as it os famously called has some large slums around it, that are ravaged with poverty. Most of those within this locality are dark skinned.
Re: Street Thieves In Rio by Nobody: 9:02pm On Aug 09, 2016
I dey go there soon to sell dope in large quantity.

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