Take precautions, especially around the holidays, with home break-ins on the rise
GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The number of dusk break-ins around Lausanne and along the La Côte stretch more than doubled from 1 October to 12 December, compared to 2010, say Vaud police, pointing in particular to organized groups of North African and Balkans origins who have been operating in the area.
Geneva police also cite a steady increase in recent years in the number of break-ins but also simple burglaries and last week they began distributing reminders to all homeowners in the canton of precautions to observe.
There were 530 home break-ins in Vaud, compared to 225 a year earlier, during the same period. The increase for the first three months of 2011 compared to 2010 was only 10 percent, say police.
Take precautions: checklist
The number of home burglaries rises every winter when the nights are longer but given this year’s sharp increase the police are urging people to remember to take preventive measures, particularly with the holidays coming.
Discover the wine trail of La Cote in canton Vaud during a four-hour guided hike.
Location: Allaman, Vaud
Link out: http://www.asgip.ch./?id=27&news=216&…
Date: 30 Apr 2011
Title: Hiking under the moon
Location: Burtigny, Vaud
Link out: Click here
Description: The rocks of Burtigny. A 5-km, easy guided hike through Côte and le col du Marchairuz in canton Vaud. Rendez-vous at 20h.
Date: 10 Jan 2009
Saint Prex, Switzerland (La Côte, Fre, available with subscription) – GenevaLunch (GL) features on the front page of the Lake Geneva area regional newspaper La Côte today. The article focuses on GL’s development as a regional community online newspaper in English and the new community news association, announced 11 December, that is being created to support GL and other future projects.
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