Hello,

I’m a German making a longer Trip through Spain. Right now I’m in Madrid and was two times a victim of crime. The first time someone tried to steal my luggage. Fortunately I successfully chased him and it came to a fight wich I won. My girlfriend called the police. When they arrived they did nothing. I told them that this was a robbery and that there are many witnesses and even a camera! One policeman even told me it’s not a robbery because I got my luggage back 👍🏻 They didn’t write down the names of the witnesses and not even his! When I went to the nearest police station the next day in the very early morning to open a file, they brought me to a room and I waited for 5 hours there. When eventually someone came they told me that there is only a notice in the system which says that one of the policemen smelled that I was drunken - which I definitely wasn’t, not even had a sip of alcohol at that time in the morning … Second time was yesterday: my gf and I booked an AirBnB apartment and found two hidden cameras that were turned on. I immediately went to a police station (another one than the first time) and tried to make a complaint. Here they told me that this is not a crime since these hidden cameras in the bedroom are just for my protection. They gave me the very good advice to talk to the host and ask him whether it’s ok to turn them off. For me this ain’t to understand. Spain is part of Europe whereas the authorities are doing nothing to protect the values of the European idea. My question is if this is normal here? Since the police obviously doesn’t do a shit here, I will today visit the host with a bat in my hands. I guess that’s not a crime here as well, right?

Edit: wait a bit, I’m just in the city but will later post the original police report about the robbery for all those people that can’t believe that such a thing can happen.