DBV-twice
This happened to me twice and both times in Dubrovnik in 2 different hotels. On both occasions my credit card was cloned and was used in Sydney AND each time the purchases were sets of expensive alloy wheels and other performance car parts!
Wouldn't take a genius to figure out that the local squid munchers have some mafia connections in Oz. Everafter I've used cash despite repeated requests to provide a credit card 'for security purposes'.