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having lived here for 3 years plus full time - I have never heard of so much crime happening. I am very concerned because I have my 81 year old parents living with me. What happens if they are there when a break in occurs?
There seems to be nothing happening by anyone in Aruba govt about this except to hush it up. The local news always shows car accidents but nothing about american tourists break-ins. Maybe they don't think it applies to the natives. With the overbuilding and high prices of the units - something needs to be done.
From what I hear from other posts - it sounds like the police have their hands tied from investigating the crimes.
Perhaps a "vacationers dept" should be opened at the police dept to help people who aren't familar with the system to deal with how to at least get the proper reports for insurance and also to do a "special investigation unit" for these crimes.
In the states - we have neighborhood watches but with all the different languages involved might be difficult but something like that could be done as well.
I understand that most of the "apartments" have security. What are they doing?
Can you PM me about which apartments were broken into just so I know not to recommend them when asked. I won't mention why.
Thanks
Lizzardo
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