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Fewer thefts on Barcelona metro
Thefts dropped by 19 per cent between July 2011 and July 2012 on the Barcelona metro. The decrease is thought to be because of extra police patrols at station intersections, on platforms and directly...
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Barcelona tightens rules against prostitution
Barcelona is tightening up on prostitution by banning soliciting on the streets.
From the first of August soliciting in public will be banned and sex workers who refuse to move will be fined €...
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New purge on Barcelona prostitutes
The police have launched a new crackdown on prostitution in the Raval district of Barcelona and the central tourist thoroughfare La Rambla de Barcelona. The move is a collaboration between three polic...
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New unisex prison for Barcelona
The Catalan government has authorized the building of a new prison in Barcelona
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Travellers are more likely to be pickpocketed in Barcelona than in any other city in the world, according to US travel website Tripadvisor. Using data from its own editors and contributors, the site r...
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Fake euro notes found on Italian
Police in Barcelona have arrested a 22-year old Italian resident, found with
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After a tip-off from their Venezuelan colleagues Spanish police have arrested a 35-year-old man in Barcelona who had received a parcel of crockery made from compressed cocaine. Tests showed that the 4...
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Barcelona police: More police in Barcelona.
107 extra agents of the Guardia Urbana municipal police are now patrolling the barrios of Cuitat Vella, Sants-Montju
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Vigilantes used to evacuate tenants in Barcelona.
Frustrated by the inertia of the legal system, some Barcelona landlords are using vigilantes to oust unwanted tenants according to a report by national police investigators. Paid between
