In the April 21st, 2010 edition of el Periodico, and article named “Pickpockets will be sentenced to jail time on weekends” was writing in the Barcelona section of the paper. Before coming to Barcelona, I had been warned by not only friends who had studied in Barcelona, but family and friends of my family who had been to Barcelona told me to always be careful of pickpockets and they were right. The article’s two main points address that the future law will try to focus on the “criminal groups” to achieve convictions of gangs of pickpockets. For multiple incidents the new law will require that it is put on that individuals record. Years of appeals have been taking place in Barcelona in search of possible tools to help lessen the amount of pickpockets in Barcelona and this article believes that the new penalty will be the answer. Each case is to be tried individually as the Judiciary Committee has to factor in whether this pickpocket is a professional collecting dozens at a time, or is a first time offender. Under the new law the “group criminal” for the organized gangs of pickpockets could be sentenced from three months to one year in prison. The new law could be implemented in six months. This is good news as in my time here I’ve heard many horror stories when it comes to pickpockets. One of my good friends parents were completely set up by professionals robbing my friends dad of both his parents passports, and his fathers wallet which contained a good amount of cash, credit cards and traveler checks.
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