Elsewhere a crime wave is spreading; armed robberies are getting more numerous, especially in Lagos, Nigeria's huge commercial capital.

其它的地方也到处出现着犯罪行为；武装抢劫的次数是越来越多，特别是在堪称尼日利亚奇大无比商业首都的拉各斯。

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The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.

青少年犯罪的激增让该国陷入困境。

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Experts say the coming crime wave is not so much due to poverty as to a poverty of values.

专家们表示，即将到来的犯罪潮，与其说是归因于贫困，不如说是由于价值的缺失。

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Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm waters off the east coast of Africa.

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Supporters of the law say it will help fight a wave of crime blamed on illegal immigrants.

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With the economy's current troubles, many people assume a crime wave is just around the corner.

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What followed was a crime wave with racial overtones.

ECONOMIST: The fear of racial violence

In the early 1980s, when a crime wave threatened to wipe out Jamaica's tourist industry, it was rescued by Sandals, a locally-owned chain, which marketed its all-inclusive hotels as a safe way to visit the island.

ECONOMIST: Caribbean tourism