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Simlar (sad) story in Spain, very recent. Airtags and Find My are known by police by now. When my friends bag was stolen, he located it on the police station vi

Simlar (sad) story in Spain, very recent. Airtags and Find My are known by police by now. When my friends bag was stolen, he located it on the police station via Find My. It was located in a residential multi-story house nearby, which was known by the police. The place is known to house several members of organized petty crime. Police told him they cannot do anything as they can't enter the house without a warrant and won't get one just based on his testimony.

LoveMortuus 9mo ago
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- littlecranky67 9mo ago
  Because they happen to be at the mediteranian cost (for reasons related to how the roman empire conquered and reigned) and are popular tourist destinations today.
- jonwinstanley 9mo ago
  I don't think you'd find any link between countries with latin based languages and theft. Differences in crime rates are going to be much more likely to be based on economic inequality, social policy, enforcement, and how crime is reported
- TheDong 9mo ago
  Do you read Chinese, Hindi, and Vietnamese to read about thefts in those countries? Latin-based-language countries also have more relations to the english world (mostly through Britain historically conquering most of them), and so as an English speaker you're more likely to see news about those countries. I'm not sure if you're trying to imply something else, but if you are, please don't. The relationships between languages, what countries are reported in the western news, what countries americans (i.e. the HN audience visit), and so on is complicated, multi-faceted, and cannot be easily boiled down to language as a root cause of anything.
- bmn__ 9mo ago
  The connection to the language spoken in the countries that you are making is completely spurious. The real reason is the the current elected politicians have a great deal of tolerance for the African thieving and fencing gangs, and exert their influence so that the gangs enjoy protection from the consequences of the justice system over the native population. A reduction in crime could happen from one day to the next if the people are willing to abolish the two-tier system, reintroduce a measurement of accountability and enforce the law.
ErneX 9mo ago
Yup, that’s how it is sadly, happens every day in Barcelona. Once it’s inside a building they can’t do anything.
- rdtsc 9mo ago
  The criminals know this as well, of course.
- toyg 9mo ago
  As opposed to the UK police, who can't do anything once it's... anywhere.
  - FireBeyond 9mo ago
    Yeah, or the police in my state capital, who, when I got confirmation that my stolen phone was being sold on eBay, by a seller who lived near me, whose eBay profile contained nearly 100 phones, and 50-60 laptops, all 'without chargers/accessories", some "activation locked", etc., as well as the strong implication of theft on eBay (I was actually contacted by someone who'd bought my phone from him, and when he discovered it was locked, with my info on the screen, contacted the seller who initially refused a return/refund on it, until the buyer said "So you know, if you don't, the phone is actually telling me who the real owner was, and how to contact them, and I can send them and/or the police your info..."), the police said: Police: "Well, he probably didn't steal it himself." Me: "Isn't selling known stolen property a crime in itself?" Police: ... Me: ... Police: "We're not going to pursue this further." Thank you for your service?
    - godelski 9mo ago
      This is why I never understand the expansion of surveillance tech and how people believe it will make us safer. So many people have these types of stories and how does expanded surveillance solve those problems? The police already know a crime has been committed, who did it, where they are, and we need more surveillance?!
      - 9mo ago
lazide 9mo ago
How is it just his testimony if they can literally locate the device to the location? That’s just ‘oh, my poor back’.

LoveMortuus 9mo ago

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littlecranky67 9mo ago
Because they happen to be at the mediteranian cost (for reasons related to how the roman empire conquered and reigned) and are popular tourist destinations today.
jonwinstanley 9mo ago
I don't think you'd find any link between countries with latin based languages and theft. Differences in crime rates are going to be much more likely to be based on economic inequality, social policy, enforcement, and how crime is reported
TheDong 9mo ago
Do you read Chinese, Hindi, and Vietnamese to read about thefts in those countries? Latin-based-language countries also have more relations to the english world (mostly through Britain historically conquering most of them), and so as an English speaker you're more likely to see news about those countries. I'm not sure if you're trying to imply something else, but if you are, please don't. The relationships between languages, what countries are reported in the western news, what countries americans (i.e. the HN audience visit), and so on is complicated, multi-faceted, and cannot be easily boiled down to language as a root cause of anything.
bmn__ 9mo ago
The connection to the language spoken in the countries that you are making is completely spurious. The real reason is the the current elected politicians have a great deal of tolerance for the African thieving and fencing gangs, and exert their influence so that the gangs enjoy protection from the consequences of the justice system over the native population. A reduction in crime could happen from one day to the next if the people are willing to abolish the two-tier system, reintroduce a measurement of accountability and enforce the law.

ErneX 9mo ago

Yup, that’s how it is sadly, happens every day in Barcelona. Once it’s inside a building they can’t do anything.

rdtsc 9mo ago
The criminals know this as well, of course.
toyg 9mo ago
As opposed to the UK police, who can't do anything once it's... anywhere.
- FireBeyond 9mo ago
  Yeah, or the police in my state capital, who, when I got confirmation that my stolen phone was being sold on eBay, by a seller who lived near me, whose eBay profile contained nearly 100 phones, and 50-60 laptops, all 'without chargers/accessories", some "activation locked", etc., as well as the strong implication of theft on eBay (I was actually contacted by someone who'd bought my phone from him, and when he discovered it was locked, with my info on the screen, contacted the seller who initially refused a return/refund on it, until the buyer said "So you know, if you don't, the phone is actually telling me who the real owner was, and how to contact them, and I can send them and/or the police your info..."), the police said: Police: "Well, he probably didn't steal it himself." Me: "Isn't selling known stolen property a crime in itself?" Police: ... Me: ... Police: "We're not going to pursue this further." Thank you for your service?
  - godelski 9mo ago
    This is why I never understand the expansion of surveillance tech and how people believe it will make us safer. So many people have these types of stories and how does expanded surveillance solve those problems? The police already know a crime has been committed, who did it, where they are, and we need more surveillance?!
    - 9mo ago

lazide 9mo ago

How is it just his testimony if they can literally locate the device to the location? That’s just ‘oh, my poor back’.