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[QUOTE="CJ Williams, post: 604911, member: 8684"] As others have noted, they have been at it for years. They usually work the 4 km stretch outside of Sarria before Barbadelo but, as others have pointed out, you can find them at other points along the way and in Santiago. I have seen them on the bridge leading to Portomarín and a couple of other places. Sometimes there are more than two and they will employ the swarming technique, particularly with older pilgrims walking alone. I always warn my pilgrim groups to be on the lookout for them before we leave Sarria, and I have shouted at them to drive them away on more than one occasion when I have seen them attempt it on other pilgrims not travelling with me. Two of them come up to the target and do the "deaf-mute" schtick with the clipboard to draw the person's attention, while a third will get behind the person and attempt to open their backpack and steal something. They are familiar with my face by now and know that my groups have been warned and that I have phoned the Guardia Civil to report their presence, so I get nasty looks from them when they see me. The Guardia Civil always send a patrol car to shoo them away, but unless someone witnesses them committing an actual crime, such as pickpocketing or assaulting a pilgrim, there is very little the GC can do other than chase them off, knowing they'll be back later in the day or just move on to somewhere else. [/QUOTE]
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