Eiffel Tower suffers shutdown over Roma pickpockets

[Dedworth]

http://news.yahoo.com/eiffel-tower-shut-staff-walk-over-pickpockets-134522704.html

[grahamw48]

Well the French were among the keenest on the free movement of people, EU expansion etc. :biggrin:

This could help the British cause....as long as the buggers stay in France. :smile:

[Dedworth]

Well the French were among the keenest on the free movement of people, EU expansion etc. :biggrin:

This could help the British cause....as long as the buggers stay in France. :smile:

On the plus side the French Police will no doubt start cracking a few heads

[KeithD]

This has been going on for decades, it's nothing new. When I visited in 1995, everyone on the coach was warned about the Roma pickpockets around the Eiffel tower. Some of them would get you to hold there baby, saying they needed help, while a colleague picked your pockets. :doh