Assisting Taiwanese friend who had bags, money and passport stolen in Rome

Question

My friend is travelling to Rome. She is from Taiwan, and her bag has just been stolen, with money and passport in it. I suppose the only thing she can do is to go to the embassy. But I guess this will imply staying a few days more, and she has no money. Is there any way I can send her some? Is there any other solution I am not seeing?

Answer 1

• She should report the theft to the police and her embassy. The embassy should provide emergency travel documents fairly quickly.
• Money can be sent via services like Western Union, often with new passwords instead of a photo id. (Take care how you transmit the password. And I'm not endorsing that particular provider; I used it for a similar purpose a decade ago, so that was the first name that came to my mind).
• Some embassies will provide emergency loans to their citizens, to travel home. She should ask for that.