Florence, a couple specialized in pickpocketing tourists: caught in the act and arrested
Florence, April 26, 2022 – They specialized in rob tourists in the historic center but on Sunday they were caught in the act and arrested by the Municipal Police. It’s about a pair of pickpockets (44 years old the man, 34 the woman both Romanian citizens) residing in a town in the province of Arezzo.
The episode dates back to Sunday. The victim of the pickpocket is an American tourist on holiday in Florence. The woman stopped with her husband and other members of the party to admire the Vasari Corridor from the Uffizi square. The two pickpockets approached the tourist: the woman covered the victim’s bag with a jacket while the man tried to steal its contents.
All this under the eyes of three agents of the Anti-Crime Department, engaged in a targeted service against pickpocketing as part of the “Security at the center” project which at the weekend strengthened the presence of the Municipal Police in the Roman castrum, who blocked the couple before succeeded in carrying out the theft. The tourist, who had not realized anything, after a quick inventory confirmed that nothing was missing.
The couple was therefore report for aggravated theft dexterity and arrested at the residence pending trial for direct line. From the investigations it emerged that the two were already known to the forces of the and the man was ordered for the “compulsory street document” with a ban on returning to the Municipality of Florence. The agents also carried out an analysis of the images of the cameras from which it emerged that the two operated mainly between Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, and in the Uffizi area. Yesterday the directive was held which validated house arrest for the man and the obligation to stay in the municipality of residence for the woman.