LA battles spate of 'burglary tourists' from Chile, Ecuador Colombia & Peru jet in on 90-day visas, use hidden cameras to spy, 2024

[dotr]

'Burglary tourists' fly from South America to rob wealthy LA homes

Cunning criminals target wealthy neighborhoods in places with relaxed criminal justice laws to conduct home burglaries - before returning home with the loot while out on bail, according to police.

www.dailymail.co.uk

18 March 2024
''The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a task force to try to crack down on 'burglary tourists' who use the US tourism visa system to commit crimes.

Cunning criminals from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru target wealthy neighborhoods in places with relaxed criminal justice laws to conduct home burglaries - before returning home with the loot while out on bail.

The troubling trend of 'lanzas internacionales' - translated to 'international thieves' - dates back at least two years across America, while the problem has also reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom. '

 

[dotr]

Across US and Canada too..

• 2023 rbbm
• Group of criminals from Chile broke into Montreal homes: Hampstead Mayor
• ''They realize the most profitable place to go is the second floor, because most people don't alarm the second floor of their house, and that's usually where the master bedroom is. Usually, where the safe is kept is in the closet in the master bedroom."
  
  Asked what tools are used, Donnelly said "this is a new development, they jam the signal between the police cars, so the police don't know where they're going, they can't talk to each other and it gives them more time to get away."
  
  Jones reported that the criminals are operating throughout the U.S., and there have been past reports of them operating in several locales in Canada.''
  

 

[LadyL]

Across US and Canada too..

• 2023 rbbm
• Group of criminals from Chile broke into Montreal homes: Hampstead Mayor
• ''They realize the most profitable place to go is the second floor, because most people don't alarm the second floor of their house, and that's usually where the master bedroom is. Usually, where the safe is kept is in the closet in the master bedroom."
  
  Asked what tools are used, Donnelly said "this is a new development, they jam the signal between the police cars, so the police don't know where they're going, they can't talk to each other and it gives them more time to get away."
  
  Jones reported that the criminals are operating throughout the U.S., and there have been past reports of them operating in several locales in Canada.''

I just don't know if they should've revealed that info about jamming the signals (before they have a fix). The less criminals that know about it the better IMO. That's a terrifying thought for all victims and LE.