Akyat Bahay Gang Levels Up

Some impoverished Filipinos resort to illegal activity just to alleviate their families’ hardships. The Philippines was recently hit by typhoon Quiel directly affecting thousands of people and driving those more into poverty particularly in Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac Provinces. The combined impact of the storm, high unemployment rate, increasing prices of basic commodities and the much awaited Christmas season drive people to commit a crime. They are left with no choice especially if family members go hungry and sick.

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Home burglaries are not random.  Criminal elements like Akyat Bahay Gang usually put one community or building under surveillance for some time to find vulnerable homes. These criminals return while most residents are at work, in school or sound asleep. Akyat Bahay Gang members gain access inside a victim’s house by breaking into the sliding doors, windows and aircon duct. Nowadays, the group’s schemes have evolved, improved and gone bolder.
A house/ condo unit is considered vulnerable when:

• The whole family members are following a single routine wherein homeowners go to the office while kids go to school and go home the same time every day. Domestic helpers are the only ones left the whole day.
• The homeowner is always out. Frequent trips out of the country can be monitored by a tipster.
• All female residents can be magnets to robbery syndicates.
• Most residents are senior citizens with only domestic helpers to assist them.

If you want to know the latest trend in Akyat Bahay Gang, go to the official website on http://kurukuronimye.com/2011/11/akyat-bahay-gang-levels-up/