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Caribbean Update

December 01, 2001

There has been an increase in crime in Aruba, reports the U.S. State Dept. (Nov. 9, 2001),which notes: "Although strolling downtown or in other tourist areas after dark used to be generally safe, Americans should note that there has been a sharp rise in armed robberies.
Newspapers report these incidents as being mostly drug related. There have been incidents of theft from hotel rooms. Petty crime and credit card fraud continues to be a problem."
Copyright 2001

Comments

[carol]

I was in Aruba visiting at that time and guess who they blamed ALL the robberies and the crimes on?
If you guessed the people who come from the "other islands", you'd be right.