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Security incidents derived from unclassified embassy reporting that pertains to the local security climate in a specific region, country or city. These security incidents are events ranging from minor petty theft to carjackings, kidnappings, bomb threats and major attacks.
This page lists several of the last entered Safety and Security Reports on our site.
Safety and Security Report from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pitboys and Neo-Pitboys
The American Consulate in Rio de Janeiro submits the following report:
Since January 2004, Rio has seen a re-emergence of "pitboy" (pronounced pitcheeboys) gangs, groups that emerge at the end of t...
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Safety and Security Report from Russia
Two American Students Robbed and Assaulted in Vladimir
US Embassy in Moscow reports the following on March 25, 2004:
On March 21, 2004 during the early evening hours, two American female University students were assaulted and robbed in Vladimir, which ...
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Safety and Security Report from Lagos, Nigeria
Businessman Abducted and Robbed
In mid-March 2004 a businessman was kidnapped and robbed while staying in a hotel in Lagos.
The victim had arranged for a driver to pick him up from his hotel in the morning, and he received a call...
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Safety and Security Report from Turkey
Large Demonstration at Embassy in Ankara
US Embassy in Ankara reports the following on March 22, 2004:
On March 20, 2004 at 12:30 p.m. 200 demonstrators representing Islamic religious groups, gathered at the corner of Ataturk Blvd. and Ke...
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Safety and Security Report from Calcultta, India
Demonstrations at American Center on March 20
On March 22, 2004, the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, India, issued the following report:
On March 20, about 500 supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxists-Leninists (CPI-ML) held a demons...
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Safety and Security Report from Athens, Greece
Anti-war Demonstrations in Greece
On March 22, 2004, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece, released the following information:
On March 20, 2004 at 1400 hours approximately 5,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Athens and march...
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Safety and Security Report from Oslo, Stockholm, Norway and Sweden
Anti-War Demonstrations at the U.S. Embassies in Norway and Sweden
On March 20, 2004, the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway released the following information:
On March 20, 2004 a demonstration was held outside of the American Embassy in Oslo. At approximately 1405...
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Safety and Security Report from Nepal
Update on Nepal's Maoist Insurgency - Issues Affecting the American Private Sector
The following paragraphs are excerpted from a March 19, 2004 report by the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu:
MAOIST BLOCKADE CONTINUES
The Maoist-imposed blockade of major roads has spread to s...
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Safety and Security Report from Zimbabwe
Carjacking Outside of Harare
A Zimbabwean national employed by a subsidiary of an American company was driving alone from Harare to Juru (appx 30km east).
Just west of Juru, the employee was stopped at a makeshift roadblock m...
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Safety and Security Report from Kenya
Group Assaulted in Park
A group of ten individuals was assaulted and robbed while hiking in a national park in Kenya, in early March 2004, without the use of a local guard or guide....
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