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Tele Madrid 10/5/2013

RIP Flame

This is being investigated by the LAPD and FBI according to this NBC news report (video).

Esto esta siendo investigado por la policía de Los Angeles y FBI según las noticias de NBC (video).

Hot Off The Press

Things have been a little hot lately in the Spanish graffiti world with a bunch of press articles being published on train graffiti and writers getting caught.

ABC 7/11/13: Primera gran operación policial contra las bandas organizadas de grafiteros LINK

ABC 7/11/13: La Comunidad respalda el plan policial contra los grafiteros LINK

ABC 7/11/13: El Ayuntamiento destaca sus actuaciones temporales contra los grafitis LINK

20 Minutos 7/11/13: Los grafiteros de Barcelona son más numerosos, mejor organizados y más violentos LINK

El Pais 7/11/13: Detenido un grafitero acusado de romper 24 cristales de un tren LINK (Video)

El Pais 7/12/13: Los grafiteros pintaron 1.800 coches de Metro el año pasado LINK (Video)

Pintar & Correr - Barcelona 1991

A look back to the graffiti scene of the early 90's in Barcelona by the local station TV3.

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El Pais 7/12/13

Article (Spanish)

Spanish Graffiti Database

The Spanish police is in the process of making a national graffiti database. They are using a new  type of software to track the names and pictures of graffiti writers at a national level and not just a city level like it's done now. They feel the need to do this because of the amount of traveling writers do around Spain and why writers that have been caught in their hometown city tend to go to other cities to do graffiti. The software is intended to be used by local police and national police.
News link (Spanish)

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Nuevo articulo sobre la elaboración de software para combatir el graffiti en España. Se plantean la colaboración entre policía local, nacional y civil en identificación de tags a un nivel nacional y no solo local como se hace hasta ahora.

Articulo aqui

Las Huellas De Los Graffitis

En Alicante se están dando unos cursillos de identificación de graffiti para la policía local. Según el experto este, se puede ayudar a identificar a un autor por la altura de sus graffitis... que un escritor pinta a la altura de su barbilla... pues eso para los altos y los bajitos cudadin cudadin...

Articulo noticia aqui

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A new course is being given to the local police of Alicante (Spain) on identifing graffiti writers. One of the clues they can use is the height of where a tag is done. Writers usually write their name at about the height of their chin... They can even tell the kind of physique he/she can be in.

Alicante is a small city but 183 writers have been cought in the last 4 years.

News link (spanish)

Making A Name

New graffiti documentary out of Montreal. More info here

El Periódico 13/3/13

 

El Ayuntamiento de BCN pagará la limpieza de las persianas de los comercios.

Barcelona's town hall will cover the cost for buffing gates.

Link 

The World Upside Down

From The Telegraph

A judge has imposed the “least possible sentence” on gang of graffiti vandals who attacked the capital's tube network, saying one had a "portfolio you would be proud of". 

Keiron Cummings, 21, Alex Rowe, 22, and Billy McColl, 17, carried out "an industrial scale" three-year campaign of vandalism, targeting train and Tube carriages across the capital and causing £150,000 of damage.

They called themselves 'SMT' and caused disruption to train services by spraying their tag on carriages during the night.

After the attacks the gang members posted pictures and videos of their handiwork on the internet.

But examining a dossier of Rowe's work, Judge Henry Blacksell said while he understood public frustration at the damage caused by the vandals, he did not want to jail them.

He said: "I will pass the least possible sentence. These are young men and people care about them.

"I don't endorse it but I understand the adrenaline rush and the feeling it gives them and they may be isolated in their families.
"I don't want to be doing this and I will by as lenient as I can be. They've got talent and some of Mr Rowe's portfolio you would be proud of."
"Clearly they are talented artists," the judge added.
Prosecutor Jacques Howell told Blackfriars Crown Court how the group bragged online at the scale of their graffiti.
Cummings had a map of the capital's rail network in his bedroom pin-pointing the raids with the words 'you need all this and more' written above it.
"This was a planned and prolonged campaign of damage to property of an almost industrial scale, and caused considerable cost and disruption to London Underground and national rail services," said Ms Howell.
"It's not simply tagging with marker pens. The scale we are talking about is the entire carriage being daubed.
"The aim is obviously to get kudos amongst the graffiti community."
Cummings took pictures and videos of the group's scrawling and posted them on blogs and photo-sharing websites, prompting others to contact McColl to see if they could join in.
The trio were caught after British Transport Police officers launched an investigation to try and stop a huge increase in graffiti with the SMT tag.
They were caught three times carrying paint, face masks and gloves between January and June at stations in Northwood, Watford and Ealing before they were remanded in custody.
David McIntosh defending, said Rowe had been nominated for a Pride of Milton Keynes award for his voluntary work.
He added: "He is a young man who has a lot to contribute and could put his talents to good work and he intends to do that from now on."
The court also heard how Rowe had suffered from extreme depression as a teenager, while McColl had joined the gang as a way to 'fit in' and make friends.
But Judge Blacksell said the least possible sentence would still mean prison for the trio, and they looked at the floor as he handed them jail terms.
He said: "This is a course of conduct which is all too prevalent in our society as well as abroad and is dealt with by people who no doubt have talent.
"Sadly it's often young men who in other areas of their lives feel isolated or inadequate.
"Taking trains out of service affects people who are trying to live their ordinary lives, disrupting them in ways you probably don't understand.
"It's often said by those who carry it out that this is a victimless crime but it is not.
"It's all very unfortunate because you are young men and it's a waste of your lives."
Cummings, of Ruislip, north west London, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
Rowe, of Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Bucks, was handed nine months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
McColl, of South Ruislip, was sentenced to a six-month youth detention training order after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
Last week Judge Peter Bowers was reprimanded by the Office for Judicial Complaints after telling a burglar his crime must have taken "a huge amount of courage".

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Un juez de Londres dice que esta impresionado con las hazañas de unos escritores locales. Les a dado la sentencia menos severa posible  y afirma que "deberían estar orgullosos de su trabajo" y "no lo respaldo pero entiendo el subidón de adrenalina y el sentido que les da". 
  En resumen el juez Peter Bowers afirma que son gente joven con talento y con la vida por delante. De todas formas con las sentencias menos severas posibles, los dos mayores de edad les a tocado 9 meses de prisión a uno y 2 años para el otro por "conspiración para cometer daño criminal". Al menor le han tocado 6 meses en un correccional de menores. Los daños al metro ascienden a 150,000 libras según el fiscal. El mismo juez también dijo que los actos de un ladrón de pisos llevaban un gran coraje.

Thanks to Max for link

Antena 3 - Febrero 2013

Se ponen tontos con el graffiti en Valencia...

French Vandal Squad

Original article in French by Le Monde. Translated to English & Spanish with Quick Translator 1.0

 They are able to tell if a tag was made with the left hand or the right hand. Simply observing. Over the hours spent sifting through books and consult forums, they have become experts in graffiti. Their office looks like the perfect little workshop tagger. Paint bombs spread on shelves, wall graffiti are exposed. But beware. Here, we do not tag game. It continues the graffiti. Welcome to the brigade anti-tag.

  This group works suppression of graffiti in the subway and on the tracks, across Ile-de-France. There are about 300 graffiti. Harm to the SNCF and RATP reach 3 million annually. As for taggers, they face up to seven years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros.
They are five. Five police officers enthusiasts graffiti - "graffiti vandals" state they constantly fearful of being taken for hunters artists. Five officials who do not count the hours spent on this task. Including outside of working hours.

 "Virtually the graphology" 

  "There are a lot of personal investment," admits the group leader. Its rectangular glasses, very strict settle on his vest hooded slouch. As his men, he wished to remain anonymous. "Fear of reprisals." "I do not want to make tagging the door of my apartment every day", carried away his colleague black beard and pull vermilion. "And it is a hazardous environment, we must think of our family."
One person agrees to give his name: Emmanuelle Oster, Commissioner of Police Brigade railways, which depends brigade. His name has already been tagged subway trains. Whatever, it does not mince words when it comes to graffiti vandals considered. "Tags damaged systems Closing doors and windows of the subway. And they generate a feeling of insecurity. You feel safe in an underground tagged you? "

  To fight against these graffiti, anti-tag group works hand in hand with the SNCF and RATP. When new graffiti are found in the metro, the RATP gives police a quote tags with pictures. Particularly "blazes" pseudonyms, signatures that kind of graffiti left behind. The brigade works from their analysis.

  "It's almost the handwriting," says group leader. The members of the brigade working attach to each tagger the blaze which corresponds to it. The blazes or, as some have several. For this, it has happened to them "once or twice" to appeal to a graphologist. But most of the time, they are doing themselves. "And it gets results, says Emmanuelle Oster. Currently, we are developing a file being declared to the CNIL [National Commission on Informatics and Liberties], each signature related to a person. "

  Their goal? Achieve tagger charged to all of its tags, ie, its damage. A method that is bearing fruit: in October 2012, the harm attributed to a band of graffiti reached 700,000 euros.
"But it's also a lot of police work," they said. The analysis of the graffiti is only a starting point for police investigations classics. "It is only the cops, not art experts," says Emmanuelle Oster.

"As trophies" 

  "Boys Brigade? They love graffiti as much as us! "ROBER - he reveals that his blaze -, 18, has long been part of the subway taggers. Until his summons by the police two years ago. He fared no history, but he immediately stopped. The anti-tag group, he remembers. "In kind cowboy, they are number one. In the office, there are great pictures of graffiti caught, like trophies. "

These photographs spread on one of the walls of the brigade. Contrasting with the rest of the room. As is well to remember that the Police. Atmosphere hunting scene. Front, side, three-quarters, faces below. Barred red. Under each picture, a word. SMAPE. MORKA. TISKO. CLI. The blazes graffiti artists who have passed through these walls.

  The room is dual. Between passion and repression. "They chased us all the time, says ROBER. Nevertheless, when they stop you, they have respect for you. They know your'' work''. It is a very small community. They like it or not, they are part of. "
Respect? The members of the brigade will not until then. But they recognize that "during the hearings, we exchange, we discuss the environment ... After all, we are their only interlocutors," says the group leader.

  "Being stopped by the brigade is as a medal, said ROBER. You went to GDN, Gare du Nord, and thou art emerged. " The premises of the brigade were located Gare du Nord until 2011. Since they moved, but the nickname stuck.

The Double Life of graffiti 

  "In graffiti we all profiles," says the group's leader, who remembers This engineer at Renault, married and father coming down every night tagging subways. "They have a double life."
Contrary to popular belief, the graffiti vandals do not have much to do with the profile of a "rogue". "Most are installed in the company, says Emmanuelle Oster. They can work in a bank, and in the evening, swapping the suit and tie against a can of spray paint. "

What can be the motivation for a senior tagging subways down every night? "This is the degradation", asserts dryly Commissioner Oster. "And an oversized ego. Tagging subways and trains allows them to travel signature. "ROBER has another explanation. "The graffiti is a sport, an extreme sport. There is adrenaline, and you can not do without. And, in this universe, there is no name, just a blaze. We do not know if you call Mamadou and Jean-François, if you're rich or poor, where you come from. "

  The police themselves, challenge this rather romantic vision, describing the environment "very dangerous". During "perquises" it is not uncommon for them to discover "firearms, keys, subway stations, detailed plans. These methods are applied to the banditry graffiti. "
Sport with friends or crime, each sticking to its position, denigrating the opposing camp. At a rate of nearly 150 arrests per year, the brigade anti-tag is often the last word.

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Traducido con Quick Translator 1.0

 Ellos son capaces de decir si una etiqueta se hizo con la mano izquierda o la mano derecha. Simplemente observando. Durante las horas dedicadas a tamizar a través de libros y consultar los foros, se han convertido en expertos en graffiti. Su oficina parece el etiquetador pequeño taller perfecto. Pintar bombas repartidas en estanterías, pared de graffiti están expuestos. Pero tenga cuidado. En este sentido, no etiquetar juego. Continúa el graffiti. Bienvenido a la brigada anti-tag.

 Este grupo trabaja supresión de graffiti en el metro y en las vías, a través de Ile-de-France. Hay alrededor de 300 graffiti. El daño a la SNCF y la RATP llegar a 3 millones de dólares anuales. En cuanto a grafiteros, se enfrentan a hasta siete años de prisión y una multa de 100.000 euros. MedlinePlus Son cinco. Cinco policías grafiti aficionados - "vándalos grafiteros" afirmar que constantemente temerosos de ser tomado por artistas cazadores. Cinco funcionarios que no cuentan las horas dedicadas a esta tarea. Incluyendo fuera de las horas de trabajo.

"Casi de la grafología" 

  "Hay mucha inversión personal", admite el líder del grupo. Sus gafas rectangulares, muy estrictas asentarse en su slouch chaleco con capucha. Mientras sus hombres, quiso permanecer en el anonimato. "El miedo a las represalias." "Yo no quiero hacer tagging la puerta de mi apartamento todos los días", dejándose llevar barba colega negro y tire de bermellón. "Y es un ambiente peligroso, tenemos que pensar en nuestra familia". MedlinePlus Una persona se compromete a dar su nombre: Emmanuelle Oster, Jefe de la Policía Brigada de ferrocarriles, que depende brigada. Su nombre ya ha sido etiquetado trenes subterráneos. Lo que sea, no se anda con rodeos cuando se trata de vándalos del graffiti en cuenta. "Tags sistemas dañados de cerrar las puertas y ventanas del metro. Y generan una sensación de inseguridad. Uno se siente seguro en un subterráneo te ha etiquetado? "MedlinePlus Para luchar contra estos graffiti, anti-tag grupo trabaja de la mano con la SNCF y la RATP. Cuando el graffiti nuevo se encuentran en el metro, la RATP da a la policía una etiqueta de cita con fotos. Particularmente "llamaradas" seudónimos, firmas de ese tipo de graffitis dejados atrás. La brigada de obras de su análisis.

  "Es casi la escritura", dice líder del grupo. Los miembros de la brigada de trabajo adjuntar a cada tagger el incendio que le corresponde. Los incendios o, como algunos tienen varios. Para ello, se les ha ocurrido "una o dos veces" para atraer a un grafólogo. Pero la mayor parte del tiempo, se están haciendo. "Y lo que es resultados, dice Emmanuelle Oster. En la actualidad, estamos desarrollando un archivo que se está en la CNIL [Comisión Nacional de Informática y Libertades], cada firma relacionada a una persona ". MedlinePlus Su objetivo? Lograr tagger con cargo a la totalidad de sus etiquetas, es decir, su daño. Un método que está dando sus frutos:. En octubre de 2012, el daño atribuido a una banda de graffiti alcanzó € 700.000 MedlinePlus "Pero es también una gran cantidad de trabajo de la policía", dijeron. El análisis de los graffiti es sólo un punto de partida para las investigaciones policiales clásicos. "Es sólo que la policía no los expertos en arte", dice Emmanuelle Oster.

"Como trofeos" 

  "Boys Brigade? Les encanta el graffiti tanto como nosotros! "ROBER - revela que su resplandor -, 18, ha sido durante mucho tiempo parte de los taggers metro. Hasta que su llamada por la policía hace dos años. Él no le fue historia, pero se detuvo de inmediato. El grupo anti-tag, recuerda. "En vaquero tipo, son el número uno. En la oficina, hay buenas fotos de graffiti capturados, como trofeos. "

  Estas fotografías repartidas en una de las paredes de la brigada. En contraste con el resto de la habitación. Como es bueno recordar que la Policía. Ambiente en la escena de caza. Frontales, laterales, tres cuartas partes, se enfrenta a continuación. Barred rojo. Debajo de cada imagen, una palabra. SMAPE. Morka. TISKO. CLI. Los artistas de graffiti llamaradas que han pasado a través de estas paredes.

  La habitación es doble. Entre la pasión y la represión. "Ellos nos persiguieron todo el tiempo, dice Rober. Sin embargo, cuando te paran, no tienen respeto por usted. Ellos saben que su trabajo''''. Es una comunidad muy pequeña. Les guste o no, son parte de. "El respeto MedlinePlus? Los miembros de la brigada no será hasta entonces. Pero reconocen que "durante las audiencias, que intercambiamos, se discute el entorno ... Después de todo, somos sus únicos interlocutores", dice el líder del grupo.

  "Ser detenido por la brigada es como una medalla, dijo ROBER. Usted fue a GDN, Gare du Nord, y surgió eres ". Los locales de la brigada se encuentra Gare du Nord hasta 2011. Desde que se movían, pero el apodo se pegó. MedlinePlus La doble vida de graffiti
"En el graffiti que todos los perfiles", dice el líder del grupo, que recuerda Este ingeniero de Renault, casado y padre bajaba cada metro de etiquetado noche. "Ellos tienen una doble vida." Contrariamente a la creencia popular MedlinePlus, los vándalos del graffiti no tienen mucho que ver con el perfil de un "delincuente". "La mayoría están instalados en la empresa, dice Emmanuelle Oster. Ellos pueden trabajar en un banco, y por la tarde, cambiando el traje y la corbata contra una lata de pintura en aerosol. "

  ¿Cuál puede ser el motivo de un metro de alto nivel marcado abajo todas las noches? "Esta es la degradación", afirma secamente Comisionado de Oster. "Y un ego sobredimensionado. Etiquetado de metro y trenes les permite viajar firma. "ROBER tiene otra explicación. "El graffiti es un deporte, un deporte extremo. Hay adrenalina, y no se puede prescindir. Y, en este universo, no hay ningún nombre, sólo un incendio. No sabemos si se llama Mamadou y Jean-François, si eres rico o pobre, de donde vienes ".

  La propia policía, desafiar esta visión bastante romántica, describiendo el entorno "muy peligroso". Durante perquises "" No es infrecuente que descubrir "armas de fuego, llaves, estaciones de metro, planes detallados. Estos métodos se aplican a los graffiti bandidaje. "Sport MedlinePlus con los amigos o la delincuencia, cada uno mantiene su posición, denigrando el campo contrario. A un ritmo de cerca de 150 detenciones por año, la brigada anti-tag es a menudo la última palabra.

LeMond 
Thanks Urken for link 

RIP Nekst D30 MSK IRAK

Sad to read this morning that Nekst passed away yesterday. One of the most active writers in the States in the last years, his work speaks for it's self. Our condolences to his family and friends from here.

Graffiti News Clip From Spanish TV (2002)

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Madrid Subway Tags 1992

"Firmas en el metro de Madrid, del año 1992. Aparecen, entre otros, tags de FIRE, NOW, OMR, EDU SSB, SACE2."

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Operación Picassin

Video made by Spanish police Guardia Civil about the operation "Picassin" in November that turned out in 21 arrest for train writing in the south of Spain.

Cities On Film - Trailer

La tienda madrileña Writers Madrid presenta un proyecto que se prevé muy interesante. En Cities On Film podremos disfrutar, cada 15 días, de un vídeo lleno de acción en el sistema de una ciudad distinta. El proyecto consta de 10 capítulos y por ahora nos han avanzado que ya están preparados los de Lisboa, Bucarest, Madrid, Barcelona y Milán.
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Madrid shop Writers Madrid present a new interesting project. In Cities On Film we will enjoy, two times a month, full action videos on diferent subway systems around the world. The project will have 10 chapters and for now they leaked us that they have allready prepared the capters of Lisboa, Bucarest, Madrid, Barcelona and Milan.

[Via GoodFellas]

A3 Noticias 3/12/12

French writer wanted by police in Sevilla (Spain) and a small report on the 20+ writers caught by Spanish police in November. Full of lies like always.

Thanks to Ready4Riots for the original news link.