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Old Apr 1, 2019, 2:05 pm
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macdonaldj2
 
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
......and I know a couple who were robbed at gunpoint on the beach there, and it wasn't after dark when it happened. I know someone else who was robbed at gunpoint on a nice residential street a couple blocks from the Copacabana Palace. Still, I'm not suggesting that the area around the Sheraton is safe(r). YMMV.
Someone tried to pick pocket me outside the Copacabana palace, without going off topic about Rio, it is indeed not a safe place. It's a touristy area and criminals know that and that's where they'll be.
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