https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Viral video: A pickpocket has been hailed as an unlikely hero after rescuing the man he robbed from the tracks of the Paris Metro - while a bystander looks on without helping. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151211/video-paris-metro-thief-pulls-victim-off-tracks Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:24:52 +0100 video-paris-metro-thief-pulls-victim-off-tracks You might be a seasoned pro on the Paris Metro, or just visiting for a few days. Either way, you will need to watch out for ingenious pickpockets working the French capital’s underground rail network. Here's a guide on how to avoid being robbed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150529/how-to-avoid-getting-robbed-on-the-paris-metro Fri, 29 May 2015 13:46:30 +0200 how-to-avoid-getting-robbed-on-the-paris-metro Thieves on France's public transport are increasingly using violent methods rather than pick pocketing when targeting their victims, the country's Interior Ministry warned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141217/violent-crime-on-frances-public-transport-on-the-rise Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:53:00 +0100 violent-crime-on-frances-public-transport-on-the-rise France handed down a seven-year jail sentence on Wednesday to the notorious Bosnian ringleader of a gang of young pickpockets, who were abused and tortured if they failed to steal at least €300 a day from unwitting targets in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130515/paris-pickpocket-ringleader-handed-jail-term Wed, 15 May 2013 18:50:00 +0200 paris-pickpocket-ringleader-handed-jail-term French police on Tuesday raided three Roma camps in the gritty northern Paris suburbs and detained 10 people for forcing children into pickpocketing in the capital's metro network. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120925/child-pickpocket-group-arrested-in-paris-raid Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:27:00 +0200 child-pickpocket-group-arrested-in-paris-raid