More Brits stay out of trouble abroad
Source: Agencies |
August 5, 2011, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
DESPITE continuing tales of drunkenness and mayhem involving Brits on holiday, the number of UK citizens who ran into legal trouble abroad dropped in the last year, according to a Foreign Office report yesterday.
The highest number of arrests of UK citizens was in Spain, but countries with the most drug-related arrests included Jamaica, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia and Peru.
And people remain at risk for such exotic crimes as wearing camouflage in Barbados, said the report, because more than two-thirds of Britons do not research local laws before going away.
Others infringements to avoid are wearing a bikini in the streets of Barcelona and making jokes about the Thai royal family.
Proportionally, UK citizens were most likely to be arrested in the US and Thailand, the report said, but the total number of British arrests across the world dropped by over 10 percent from the previous year.
The highest number of arrests of UK citizens was in Spain, but countries with the most drug-related arrests included Jamaica, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia and Peru.
And people remain at risk for such exotic crimes as wearing camouflage in Barbados, said the report, because more than two-thirds of Britons do not research local laws before going away.
Others infringements to avoid are wearing a bikini in the streets of Barcelona and making jokes about the Thai royal family.
Proportionally, UK citizens were most likely to be arrested in the US and Thailand, the report said, but the total number of British arrests across the world dropped by over 10 percent from the previous year.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
