Crime Wave Driving Finns Out of Vyborg, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) | January 17, 2003| | Copyright

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Finnish tourists are thinking twice about visiting the border town of Vyborg after a surge in brazen muggings over the past two months that the police don't seem to be able to stop. Thieves are spraying tourists with pepper gas on the streets in broad daylight and making off with wallets, passports and cellphones, tour operators said. Groups of five to 10 are forcing their way onto crowded tour buses, robbing passengers and looting luggage compartments. Some boldly hunt up shaken victims and offer to sell back passports and cellphones. Now the legendary patience of the ...

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