<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Thiefhunters in Paradise</title>
	
	<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters</link>
	<description>or, High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:05:11 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThiefhuntersInParadise" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item>
		<title>6,000 thefts per day on Barcelona visitors</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/Vp61Q9bj2Us/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/barcelona-pickpocket-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barcelona visitors experienced 6,000 thefts per day during 2009&#8217;s tourist season.
115,055 pickpocketings and bagsnatches in Barcelona were reported in the 12 months ending August 2009, police said. Newspapers did the math and trumpeted &#8220;315 thefts every day!&#8221; But take away the off-season, when thefts are way down, and add in unreported thefts to get the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/barcelona-pickpocket-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/barcelona-pickpocket-problem/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Why airport luggage thieves steal black bags</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/w21ZiA8HdS0/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/airport-luggage-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luggage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, this story&#8217;s everywhere, about the Phoenix couple who made a living stealing luggage off the airport carousel. Police found almost a thousand suitcases in their house. 
Not a single report has pointed out that the stolen luggage is almost all black. I described this strategy in a post more than a year ago, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/airport-luggage-theft/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/airport-luggage-theft/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Crime in Port Moresby, PNG</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/h_HN8Xan0uE/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/port-moresby-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourist safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After further research, I feel compelled to write a little more about Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. For all the pretty pictures in my last post, I think I missed the real story.
Bob and I behaved quite like the typical tourists we seek to educate. We did not read up in advance about the dangers [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/port-moresby-crime/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/port-moresby-crime/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Faces of Papua New Guinea</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/h0woEVSKZP8/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/papua-new-guinea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Would a slathering of Dijon tempt the formerly (?) (supposedly) cannibalistic highland villagers? I couldn&#8217;t get myself to attempt the experiment. While on a visit to the north of Australia, Bob and I made a quick trip to Papua New Guinea. We were awed by traditional dancers from the highland villages. Only one of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/papua-new-guinea/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/papua-new-guinea/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Knock-out gas on overnight trains</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/3KjNXM89WSY/</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</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>

		<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 and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p3/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Theft on overnight trains</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/0Dg8SQY9Vwo/</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</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>

		<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 gangs, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-theft-p2/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Central and East European Train Crime</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/H_XAhZEPikE/</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</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robbery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>

		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-crime-p1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/train-crime-p1/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Pickpocket heaven at Oktoberfest</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/y0gSnSkgZyc/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest-pickpockets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Arno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bob Arno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pickpocket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Psychology is an integral part of a good cannon&#8217;s skill-set. He must be able to read the mark. More than one good pickpocket has told us that the rush is better than a drug high (which many have the experience to compare), when he sinks his hand into a mark&#8217;s pocket and touches a wallet, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest-pickpockets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest-pickpockets/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Oktoberfest: Breasts, big beers, and Bavarian barf</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/tDhsvu4cvd0/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bob Arno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pickpocket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Called in to pickpocket goodies from the massive Munich Oktoberfest crowd, Bob and I, just back from Japan to do a show for Monsanto in Las Vegas, raced to catch the last two days of the bawdy Bavarian festival. (Tokyo, Vegas, Munich in five days. Thank goodness for business class.)
Bleary-eyed, we were surprised to find [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/oktoberfest/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Hotel Oddity #4</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/PlEnlYTW6dI/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/hotel-oddity-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[key]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We checked into a hotel last month and plodded through the tedious check-in procedure in a daze. It was a Millennium Hotel, but I won&#8217;t say in what city.
I liked our room right away because it had an open window. Then I thought: isn&#8217;t it strange that the window is already open? And the tv [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/hotel-oddity-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/hotel-oddity-2/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>When TSA confiscates your pocket knife…</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/tr9W_6IBcJQ/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/tsa-confiscates-knife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brother-in-law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brother-in-law, though a frequent flyer, forgot to move his pocket knife from his carry-on to his checked bag. He groaned when TSA discovered it. The knife was a gift from us, a gorgeous little oval less than two inches long, but heavy and well-made. Bob and I found it on a trip to Germany, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/tsa-confiscates-knife/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/tsa-confiscates-knife/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Hotel safe theft</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/2TgF7QZRisQ/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-safe-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
What would you do if you opened the safe behind the hotel manager&#8217;s desk and found your passports gone? One woman took creative action.
Mary from Michigan and her two adult children just quit their jobs and sold or stored everything. They&#8217;re taking a year to travel the world. Oh, what a plan!
After seeing our show, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-safe-theft/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-safe-theft/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Airport bags for liquids</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/pZ3nW4rlxvk/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/airport-bags-for-liquids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The new 3-1-1 profit is here. Or in Ireland, anyway. For a euro ($1.47), you get two quart-size plastic bags in a plastic egg.
The retail price for a 1-quart ziptop plastic bag, if bought in bulk, is as low as 8¢. Airports pay a mere fraction of that and give the bags away. 
Look at [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/airport-bags-for-liquids/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/airport-bags-for-liquids/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Shred</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/lzCcZhJIDsY/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/shred/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/shred/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/shred/</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Hotel oddity #3</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThiefhuntersInParadise/~3/l7h41USlu4c/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-oddity-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
On the wall under the shower head, three feet above the floor, this pipe drained water after every shower. Not one of the nicer rooms we&#8217;ve stayed in, so I won&#8217;t name the place.

]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-oddity-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/09/hotel-oddity-3/</feedburner:origLink></item>
	</channel>
</rss><!-- Dynamic page generated in 0.896 seconds. --><!-- Cached page generated by WP-Super-Cache on 2009-11-11 16:53:59 -->
