Mtl160

今天一位热心的朋友为本站提供了一个信息，呼吁大家注意财物安全。

日前一位新来Montreal的留学生，在Dorval机场等朋友前来接机的时候，有一中东男子前来搭讪，索要$0.25说是为打电话。趁这男子与留学生纠缠时，另一中东人偷走了他珍贵的皮包和内装的所有证件以及给朋友带的5000元美金。

学生报警后，机场方面也没有办法查到现场录象，因为事发在一个摄像头无法监控的死角。看来那些中东人是惯犯。

希望大家能够引以为戒，注意自己的财物安全。

BUILDER.COM

根本不是什么中东人！！他们是来自北非的阿拉伯国家阿尔及利亚，摩罗哥，土尼斯，法国的前殖民地，他们讲法文。魁北克的大部分外国留学生也是他们。
没有在巴黎呆过的中国人很难想象那些阿拉伯猪的厉害！阿拉伯人是当今世界上最凶残，最没有人性的民族，他们100％是下贱货。
我在巴黎和他们发生过两次肢体冲突。我女朋友自英国来巴黎，在北站差点被偷去所有的信用卡、机票、护照，要不是她动作来的快。
在法国呆过的都知道那里的中国人屡屡被阿拉伯人打死的事情。我不明白中国政府为什么总是同情、支持他们的阿拉伯兄弟的正义斗争。

jeremy roy

大家小心一个白头发，中年模样的阿拉伯人，在国际到达厅转悠。

短笛

啊,不是说montreal特安全么，要不要拎个棒子上飞机啊？！

Brian007

谢谢各位的提醒

md4

今日新闻：蒙特利尔警方破获机场犯罪团伙

这些人曾大肆盗窃到达DOVAL机场的乘客，特别是亚洲乘客的钱财、笔记本电脑等，其中最大一单是从一中国乘客身上窃走十五万美金。

Airport gang grounded
Eight are accused of stealing from tourists through teamwork at Dorval and city hotels
  
PAUL CHERRY  
The Gazette

Friday, December 20, 2002

Victor Manuel Pina Lopez pleaded not guilty to charges
  
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A network of trickster thieves operating at Dorval airport and city hotels stole more than $1 million in cash and goods from unsuspecting tourists within the past year.

The Montreal police said they put an end to the network yesterday morning with the arrest of eight people.

The thieves targeted tourists with laptop computers but also stole luggage and once got $150,000 (U.S.) cash from a person who travels often between Asia and Canada. In 10 thefts alone, the thieves made off with more than $600,000 worth of goods.

One investigator estimated the network was responsible for more than a dozen thefts at the airport per month in the past year.

Despite the high success rate, there were no indications the thieves were getting inside information about what tourists were carrying with them, police said.

"They stole baggage, in particular from tourists from Asia," said Commander Lenny Lechman, of the Montreal police west operations centre. "They would target people who were distracted. They would try to go after their personal belongings. In many cases, they would try to steal their laptops (computers).

"If the person wasn't distracted they would use means to distract the person, some form of diversion. Something as simple as spilling ketchup or mustard on them or just throwing change at their feet."

Two or three people would be involved in one theft. One or two of the thieves would distract the person targeted while another would grab their luggage. Items like passports and credit cards were sold on the black market.

Almost all the suspected members of the network are originally from Peru or other South American countries, including four who were seeking refugee status in Canada. The government will seek to have them expelled. They are scheduled to have a detention hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board this afternoon.

"If we consider that they are members of a network that is well organized, it is very possible that the only reason they were here was to take part in these criminal activities," said Robert Gervais, spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Investigators suspect the network worked at other airports in Ontario. Some of the thieves are wanted on warrants for thefts that took place at an airport in Ottawa.

The people arrested face charges of theft, conspiracy and possession of stolen goods.

Four alleged members of the network were arrested before yesterday. Victor Manuel Pina Lopez, 42, of Montreal, was arrested twice, between Nov. 1 and Dec. 10, and has already appeared in a Montreal court, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of theft and conspiracy.

pcherry@thegazette.southam.ca