What were they thinking? Even Italians get arrested for posing as Italian cops.
Posted on 05/02/2013 10:47:09 PM PDT by george76
Five Iranians have been arrested after allegedly posing as police officers in order to rob motorists in northern Italy.
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The band of thieves allegedly set up fake control points at motorway service stations, where they would walk away with tourists' documents and money under the pretext of checking their authenticity.
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Yeah, let them try that in Sicily.
You’d think the accents would be a dead giveaway (that, or watching the reaction when you tell them ‘Mo sucks balls’).
From the description of their actions, they sound less like common thieves and more like agents of espionage (aka spies) working for a foreign government, and therefore could be treated as such (aka executed).
What were they thinking? Even Italians get arrested for posing as Italian cops.
From the description of their actions, they sound less like common thieves and more like agents of espionage (aka spies) working for a foreign government, and therefore could be treated as such (aka executed).
I agree on both counts.
Everything is adding up to something very ominous.
They were prolly driving on the right side of the road.
[From the description of their actions, they sound less like common thieves and more like agents of espionage. . .]
Very possible. Rather than cash they may have been after passports, drivers licenses, credit cards, and other ID to help establish false identities.
Was it racial profiling that led to their arrests?...What difference does it make??
“Rather than cash they may have been after passports, drivers licenses, credit cards, and other ID to help establish false identities.”
If you have the resources of a nation at your disposal, which you would if you were an espionage agent, then getting somebody’s ID is not necessary. A nation can buy a birth certificate from any compromised clerk of the thousands of clerks in America. (Chicago or Detroit would be the places to start.) They can use an interconnected bank to establish real credit cards and real bank accounts. They can set up phony companies in foreign countries to establish legitimate links to US companies and thereby provide legitimate reasons to travel. (James Bond worked for Universal Exports.)
Iran may seem as though it is run by Larry, Moe and Curly, but their espionage agents were trained by the bad-asses of evil worldwide.
“You’d think the accents would be a dead giveaway”
There aren’t many Italians left in Italy; they probably all speak with a foreign accent /s
They also seem to be doing okay in aerospace.
...in order to rob motorists in northern Italy.If Italian motorists carried, there wouldn't have to be a trial for those five a-holes.
Italian civilians carry weapons? The fascist elite politicians there can’t have that.
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