Also rich athletes crying / day

Of course, this is not just a US phenomenon – well -paid athletes are also stolen in Europe and Africa, but in South America, bandits tend to hijack the relatives of famous athletes to get the redemption money for their release. However, North America is a separate story because in its leading professional sports leagues, superstars are paid incredibly high salaries and it is clear that their homes will always be valuable and attractive to thieves, writes Sports Illustrated.

Basketball player Luka Dončič, footballer Olivier Girou, hockey player Evgeny Malkin, less well -known on our side, but American football players Patrick Mahomess and Treviss Kelsy, who are in the ocean’s stars, are just the most famous many millions of dollars a year in the year. In addition, these are only the incidents that the messages have come to the media. More common are cases where victims insist on maintaining anonymity, believing that becoming the victims of thieves can somehow undermine their reputation. Also, the news of the amount of criminals in this case has been officially disclosed, but unofficial information suggests that it is often about values ​​of several tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The North American Professional League management and the athlete’s unions have warned athletes and encouraged them to be vigilant, to take care of their property, reinforce security, and under no circumstances do you go home on social networks. However, practice shows that high salaries’ profitable athletes are in most cases carefree, as they are not considered to be a peculiar indulgence against criminals.

Chilean gang

In the second half of February, the US media, referring to the information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), reported the accusations of seven Chileans. The New York Times writes that this group, which law enforcement has called for a group of South American thieves (South American Theft Group), was specialized in the stealing of American football players’ homes. The accusation considers the gang to be responsible for intruding Kansas City Chiefs Player Mahomes and Kelsia, Cincinnati Bengals Footballer Joe Barova, as well as the home -made footballers’ home. In these invasions, values ​​of about two million dollars have been stolen – cash, jewelery, watch collections and exclusive fashion items made by famous designers. In a word, it is not too big, but relatively simply selling in the black market.

News agencies around the surveyed experts have emphasized that criminals usually do not touch the sports trophies obtained by the homeowners – cups, medals, rings – unless a specific order has been received from a underground collector.