The Embassy of the United States in Spain issued a warning to warn American tourists traveling to Barcelona on rising crime in the city. Concerned the increase in violent robberies, especially in tourist areas, where there have been cases where the thieves used physical violence to steal items like watches, jewels, mobile phones and wallets.
According to the statement of the Embassy there were even cases of injury, so the advice is that citizens (norte-americanos) be alert, avoid showing products that can attract the attention and not to offer resistance.
The registered insecurity, This summer, in the capital of Catalonia has led to newspapers as the BBC, Der Spiegel or the Frankfurter Allegemeine publish articles on the topic. According to the BBC the attacks not only have resulted in a bad city advertising, but also raised the alarm with residents and local authorities.
This news comes at a time when Portugal, mais uma vez, was distinguished, internationally, for their safety.
