“Giving a statement to the police was a shocking experience. The female police officer assured me that they would catch the perpetrators because they had cameras everywhere. Thousands of cameras with facial recognition technology. They also wondered what to do with him when they arrested him . I replied that I did not understand what he was asking me,” reporter Dominique Metzger told Argentinian news station Todo Noticias.

He hears well. He should have chosen the punishment for the thief. “You want us to send him to prison for five years? Or is he deported? built. “I replied that I just wanted my wallet back. That I would not replace justice,” the Argentine journalist recalled.

The journalist does not yet have his wallet or documents, but Qatari police have promised to find the perpetrators and the stolen items. Thousands of cameras with the latest in facial and personal identification technology have been installed around and inside the mostly new stadiums where the World Cup starts on Sunday. A thief should not run away from them.

However, the perpetrator escaped from the recording in the live broadcast. In addition, the reporter noted that he had just been robbed.

“I didn’t realize it at the time. The live, the crowd around, you talk to me, the music, but you know it.

At first, it seems that no one is going to complete the heist with him. The police explained to her that the fact that she was a woman was a problem and tried to persuade her by assuring her that the purse would “float somewhere”. However, they eventually handed him over to a female police officer who allowed him to report the theft.

Inequalities between men and women, the repression of sexual minorities and the general lack of protection of human rights are often blamed on Qatar and mentioned when criticizing the host country.