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Tibor08 May 22nd, 2015 01:34 PM

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http://news.yahoo.com/eiffel-tower-s...134522704.html

PalenQ May 22nd, 2015 02:28 PM

And then there are those who say Paris has no real problem with pickpockets!

thursdaysd May 22nd, 2015 03:13 PM

I thought it was the tourists getting pickpocketed, not the staff. Are they victims also?

Robert2533 May 22nd, 2015 03:33 PM

If you read the article, you'll see that the staff have been threatened by the gangs working the ET.

What the article didn't say was who the pickpockets are; Romani or others. The Gypies have always been active, but with the opening up of the EU, it's gotten worse in Paris and elsewhere.

TDudette May 22nd, 2015 05:05 PM

This is too bad. We always felt that authorities turned a blind eye in the past. Now they have allowed it to escalate.


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