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Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel

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Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel
Le site de la Tour Eiffel attire tous les ans des millions de touristes venus du monde entier. Malgré les forces de l’ordre et les vidéos de surveillance, les pickpockets mêlés à la foule énorme réussissent à escroquer les touristes. Ils gagnent des sommes inimaginables tous les jours. Faites bien attention à vos affaires quand vous allez sur des sites touristiques.

Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower monument attracts millions of tourists from around the world every year. Despite the police and surveillance videos, the pickpockets mingled in the huge crowd manage to defraud the tourists. They earn unimaginable amounts of money every day. Please, pay attention to your belongings when you go to tourist places!

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Français

Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel

—Sous la tour Eiffel, les touristes savent bien qu’il faut faire attention : les pickpockets sont partout.

—Y en [sic] a des personnes qui nous disent « Gardez les mains dans les poches », ou, ou euh, « attention à vos poches arrière » etc.

—Il faut avoir son téléphone près du corps et garder ses affaires dans les poches de devant et garder l’œil ouvert.

—Car les touristes attirent les voleurs et autres escrocs. La situation sous la tour Eiffel est telle, que même le personnel d’accueil se sent en danger.

English

Pickpockets at the Eiffel Tower

—Under the Eiffel Tower, tourists know very well that they must be careful: pickpockets are everywhere.

—There are some people who tell us, “Keep your hands in your pockets,” or, or, uh “Watch your back pockets” etc.

—You need to have your phone close to your body and keep your stuff in your front pockets and keep your eyes opened.

—Because tourists attract thieves and other crooks. The situation under the Eiffel Tower is such that even the reception staff feels in danger.

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