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Each city in the Baltic States Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe Northen Europe ( Scandinavia ) Western Europe and Russia has its own level of petty crime.
in some cities the crime is opportunist and visitors are more susceptible to be victims of minor crime during the peak tourist season. This for example is true of cities like Prague and Rome where petty crime such as pick - pocketing occur on specific bus routes and tram routes during the summer.
In Prague some of the willing 'ladies of the night' are actually thieves rather than prostitutes. In Rome musclebound gladitorial men who are very willing to be photographed with you will then demand an extortionate charge from you.
In other cities visitors are as vunerable to certain types of crimes all year round. For example visitors travelling between Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and central downtown Amsterdam are frequently targetted by luggage thieves particularly on the airport train.
In Tallinn Estonia where the crime rate is comparatively low drunken tourists risk being robbed at night in poorly lit streets or by criminals posing as taxi drivers. In Budapest some taxi drivers are paid by the owners of dodgy nightclubs to deliver would be revellers to the clubs where they may be scammed and accompanied to ATM machines by bouncers if they cannot meet the bills they are presented with.
St Petersburg, Russia and to a lesser extent Moscow pick pockets and muggers armed with knives operate in public places. In St Petersburg racist attacks may also occur by skinheads on Asians and Afro- Caribbeans. In 2008 87 people were killed in Racist attacks.
In many european cities petty criminal hang out in bars and clubs where if they are given a chance they will spike prospective victims drinks and then rob them either inside or outside the premises. In some instances the victim may be also sexualled assaulted. Other fairly universal crime includes credit card fraud which is often engineered by the establishment taking the card from the customer for payment - and processing it outside the customers sight.
For local information about a particular city see our cities index
Where Euromost is aware of a particular type of problem which visitors to a city might encounter we have detailled them in the respective city guide. However as many people are reluctant (because of personal embarressment) to report some crimes the instances and frequency of some crimes may be under- reported.
We therefore welcome details of any visitors experience of crime whilst travelling in Europe so as we can forewarn future visitors to the area. We will of course guarantee any one giving us such information total anonymity Please contact us at post@euromost.info.