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Tourism Safety & Security Association

 California USA
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Joined July 2009
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Parisian pickpockets are a perennial pain in the posterior. Dominated by the Hamidovic gang, these career criminals ruin thousands of vacations every year.... offbeatfrance.com/pickpocket…

Pickpockets in Paris: How to Avoid Getting Robbed

Pickpockets in Paris are known for their creativity. Here's how to prevent you from being their next victim.

offbeatfrance.com
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Fortress Paris. Securing the 2024 Olympics.... nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world…

On Eve of Olympics, a Curious Mix of Security and Silence (Published 2024)

Even if Paris weren’t scarred by terrorist attacks, protecting the opening ceremony, which will float down the Seine, offers a daunting challenge.

nytimes.com
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Hotels now being sued for prostitution activity. North American Motor Inns chain loses $24 million dollar lawsuit.... cseinstitute.org/arbitrator-…
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Basic Summertime travel security tips.... cottonholdings.com/news/summ…
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Guest dies in jacuzzi electrocution at Mexican beach resort.... usatoday.com/story/news/nati…

Man dies in apparent hot tub electrocution at Mexico beach resort in Puerto Peñasco

Two people were allegedly electrocuted while inside a hot tub at a beach resort in Puerto Peñasco. A man died, while a woman is hospitalized.

usatoday.com
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Tourists scammed by Mexican drug cartels, duped into buying fake timeshares.... usatoday.com/story/news/inve…

These Americans bought timeshares in Mexico. They were unknowingly funding a cartel

The U.S. Treasury Department estimates the New Generation Jalisco Cartel is bringing in hundreds of million a year linked to timeshare fraud.

usatoday.com
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Yellowstone shooting involving Park Ranger and armed camper underscores crime in national parks.... nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sho…

Shooting at Yellowstone National Park on July Fourth injures ranger, kills suspect

Rangers responded to a report of a person with a firearm who was making threats at Canyon Village in the central part of the park in Wyoming.

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DoubleTree by Hilton Houston accused of gross negligence in suction entrapment death of 8-year old guest.... washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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8-year old hotel guest drowns at DoubleTree Hotel-Houston in suction entrapment incident.... mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/gi…

Girl, 8, drowns in hotel pool after being sucked into pipe and found hours later

The young girl was swimming in the pool at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Houston, Texas, when she was sucked into a pipe and drowned before being recovered 13 hours later

mirror.co.uk
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Suction entrapments - A well-known problem, which has been successfully addressed at all well-maintained hotel pools.... insights.jonite.com/hidden-p…
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New California law requires nightclubs to provide patrons with cocktail drug-testing kits to combat spiking.... latimes.com/california/story…

Drug-testing kits to be offered to patrons in California bars this summer

The drug-testing kits will allow patrons to test their drinks for date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol, also known as 'roofies.'

latimes.com
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City of Long Beach California introduces "SipSafe" program to provide cocktail testers.... presstelegram.com/2023/09/05…

Long Beach launches ‘SipSafe’ program to prevent drink spiking

The city will distribute tests to test for GHB and ketamine.

presstelegram.com
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Laboratory tests question effectiveness of spiked cocktail testers.... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3774…
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Bars/Clubs/Hotels/Concerts - Spiking of cocktails continues to rise, even as an estimated 97% of cases go unreported.... independent.co.uk/life-style…

The horrific truth about drink spiking and why it is still rising

The home secretary’s joke about using a date rape drug shows why society still has a long way to go in confronting this crime. Olivia Petter talks to victims, experts and campaigners about the awful...

independent.co.uk
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Wallets, Watches, Cell Phones, Jewelry, Cash. Pickpockets are a chronic problem at many crowded tourism destinations and visitor venues.... insideedition.com/how-brazen…

How Brazen Pickpockets Are Stealing Thousands of Cells at Concerts

"Best place to keep your phone is right here in your hand," safety expert Bill Stanton says. "Second place, don't make it obvious, don't put it in your back pocket. And make sure to keep your phone...

insideedition.com
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Spring Break controversy. Cracking down on ethnic groups, or on criminal behaviors....? miamiherald.com/news/local/n…

How far can a city go to keep Black spring break crowds out? Miami Beach tests limits | Opinion

No matter how cleverly Miami Beach leaders cast closing public parking garages during spring break, the optics are reminiscent of Florida’s ugly racial history, says columnist Fabiola Santiago |...

miamiherald.com
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When Spring Breakers morphed from colorful coeds and cheerful chaos, to murderous mayhem.... foxnews.com/media/spring-bre…

Spring break chaos calls into question if college students are the only ones showing up: 'Anarchy...

'The Five' co-hosts react to spring break chaos in Miami Beach, Fla., after two shootings over the weekend left two people dead and several others wounded.

foxnews.com
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The Baby Boom generation re-invented Easter Break. The Spring Break they brought forth entailed mostly Misdemeanor Shenanigans, and was entirely composed of college students.... palmspringslife.com/sonny-bo…
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Just a few years ago, Florida's tourism community was fighting Spring Break crackdowns. Not these days.... nytimes.com/2024/03/09/us/mi…

Miami Beach Is Done With Spring Breakers: ‘It’s Not Us. It’s You.’ (Published 2024)

This weekend and next, Miami Beach visitors will face extraordinary measures meant to head off disorderly crowds, including bag checks at beach entrances and closed parking garages.

nytimes.com
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When digging a hole in the beach sand turns deadly.... slate.com/technology/2024/03…

How You Can Avoid Getting Killed by a Sand Hole on the Beach. Yes—Parents Need to Know This.

Sand can look solid. But it's not.

slate.com
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