The regional government's transport minister, Marc Pons, explained that this is one measure in an "emergency plan against intrusion in the transport sector". The cameras at Son Sant Joan are already operating and will provide the Guardia Civil with a "helpful tool" for controls against pirate taxis, the number of which increase during the tourism season.
The cameras will enable there to be an initial phase of gathering information in a database. This, in turn, will provide an alert to any suspicious activity. The "emergency plan" also includes measures of inspection and coordination between the police, town halls and the Council of Majorca. There will be procedures for notifying local police forces about this activity. This can lead to fines of up to 6,000 euros and the immobilisation of vehicles.
There is to be a similar scheme in Ibiza as well. This will involve a dozen transport inspectors and the Guardia Civil and also the monitoring of pirate taxi publicity via the internet.
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Don't bother,most of these ''pirate'' taxis don't charge that much less than licenced taxis,which carry full passenger insurance,unlike the ''pirate'' taxis. Taxi fares from the airport to the resorts are now so high if there are not more than two of you that it's the transfer companies who have seen a huge increase in business in the last few years and it's these transfer companies who do the most business.