Misbehaving Aussies long marred the Indonesian island but tourists looking for cheap extended stays have set the stage for a thriving criminal underbelly
First the guy says shootings happen all the time in Melbourne and never in Bali, but the statistics show that it’s 0.9 vs 0.4 per 100,000, as if it’s barely any difference.
Secondly they keep alluding to Australians but they quote a person actually in the know who says
“We’ve seen meth labs, villa robberies, crypto scams, property fraud, and ATM theft – often involving Russian or eastern European groups,” he said.
You also have to take into account the absolute population size. Shootings may be so common in Melbourne that they aren’t reported on whilst in Bali, they are rare enough each instance is reported (as absolute number of shootings is low due both to rate and total pop) so number of reports going up is much more visible.
What a silly article.
First the guy says shootings happen all the time in Melbourne and never in Bali, but the statistics show that it’s 0.9 vs 0.4 per 100,000, as if it’s barely any difference.
Secondly they keep alluding to Australians but they quote a person actually in the know who says
You also have to take into account the absolute population size. Shootings may be so common in Melbourne that they aren’t reported on whilst in Bali, they are rare enough each instance is reported (as absolute number of shootings is low due both to rate and total pop) so number of reports going up is much more visible.