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[EricSeans]

you mean every week a new bank has its money stolen or that its safe enough to leave your keys in the car unlocked?

safe enough to leave your car unlocked.

That's somewhat disingenuous. Theft of cars is comparitively low in the north because motors are highly visible, it's a small place with many informers and the police detection rate is good.

But other offences of dishonesty such as housebreaking, fraud, theft and robbery - especially in expat areas - is high. The place is also awash with illegal firearms, drugs, dirty money, people trafficking, prostitution, smuggling, corruption and extortion. I hear this from the cops and officials themselves. Don't expect any figures because they don't provide them.

That's what you get when you have a police force that's part of the Turkish army. The fact that the Turkish Cypriots don't even have a say in their own police service is outrageous.

[paliometoxo]

i can leave mine unlocked too and one of my cars i never lock it Eric, but what i meant is years ago we where able to leave the keys in the car window down all the way and no one would take it.. now its just not that safe to be able to do so

and that we should put higher security in the banks so idiots dont walk in with a knife and take all their money. in a perfect world we would all be able to leave a 500 euro note sitting outside and no one would take it but we need more security for our banks when will they learn to put bullet proof glass

[Viewpoint]

i can leave mine unlocked too and one of my cars i never lock it Eric, but what i meant is years ago we where able to leave the keys in the car window down all the way and no one would take it.. now its just not that safe to be able to do so

and that we should put higher security in the banks so idiots dont walk in with a knife and take all their money. in a perfect world we would all be able to leave a 500 euro note sitting outside and no one would take it but we need more security for our banks when will they learn to put bullet proof glass

We have todate never had a bank robbery the TRNC is a much safer place than most EU nations including south Cyprus.

[apc2010]

Maybe the increase in bank robberies is todo with the euro ?A much easier currency to get rid of,even abroad.

[YFred]

Maybe the increase in bank robberies is todo with the euro ?A much easier currency to get rid of,even abroad.

May be TCs are better calibre of people than GCs
It is a possible is it not?

[Get Real!]

We have todate never had a bank robbery the TRNC....

Perhaps the fact that they’re not worth robbing has something to do with it…

[paliometoxo]

i can leave mine unlocked too and one of my cars i never lock it Eric, but what i meant is years ago we where able to leave the keys in the car window down all the way and no one would take it.. now its just not that safe to be able to do so

and that we should put higher security in the banks so idiots dont walk in with a knife and take all their money. in a perfect world we would all be able to leave a 500 euro note sitting outside and no one would take it but we need more security for our banks when will they learn to put bullet proof glass

We have todate never had a bank robbery the TRNC is a much safer place than most EU nations including south Cyprus.

thats very good, i hope it stays that way. in the south we have idiots who steal and some how manage to get away with it

[Me Ed]

Could have something to do with the fact that there is a Turkish soldier for every 2-3 adults?

[Acikgoz]

you mean every week a new bank has its money stolen or that its safe enough to leave your keys in the car unlocked?

safe enough to leave your car unlocked.

That's somewhat disingenuous. Theft of cars is comparitively low in the north because motors are highly visible, it's a small place with many informers and the police detection rate is good.

But other offences of dishonesty such as housebreaking, fraud, theft and robbery - especially in expat areas - is high. The place is also awash with illegal firearms, drugs, dirty money, people trafficking, prostitution, smuggling, corruption and extortion. I hear this from the cops and officials themselves. Don't expect any figures because they don't provide them.

That's what you get when you have a police force that's part of the Turkish army. The fact that the Turkish Cypriots don't even have a say in their own police service is outrageous.

Eric, sounds like you've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto. Household theft yes, but shootings - how often do you hear about that? Last couple of Cypriot stories that grabbed my attention were grave robbing for extortion and a hit on a Media mogul.
Get off that high horse of yours, its so high that the lack of oxygen is severely affecting your ability to think before writing down your thoughts.

[YFred]

you mean every week a new bank has its money stolen or that its safe enough to leave your keys in the car unlocked?

safe enough to leave your car unlocked.

That's somewhat disingenuous. Theft of cars is comparitively low in the north because motors are highly visible, it's a small place with many informers and the police detection rate is good.

But other offences of dishonesty such as housebreaking, fraud, theft and robbery - especially in expat areas - is high. The place is also awash with illegal firearms, drugs, dirty money, people trafficking, prostitution, smuggling, corruption and extortion. I hear this from the cops and officials themselves. Don't expect any figures because they don't provide them.

That's what you get when you have a police force that's part of the Turkish army. The fact that the Turkish Cypriots don't even have a say in their own police service is outrageous.

Eric, sounds like you've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto. Household theft yes, but shootings - how often do you hear about that? Last couple of Cypriot stories that grabbed my attention were grave robbing for extortion and a hit on a Media mogul.
Get off that high horse of yours, its so high that the lack of oxygen is severely affecting your ability to think before writing down your thoughts.

Even the TCs have to go south to killed. What was that TC banker's name that was killed outside Goshi few years back?