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Thieves look like you and me
A good reminder, thanks to the Stockholm Police Department. The post Thieves look like you and me was written by and posted on Thiefhunters in Paradise - Pickpockets, Con Artists, Gangsters, Thieves,...
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Thief steals from a thief
A young pickpocket tries to take the wallet of a man being frisked by a police officer in downtown Rio. According to Globo, the man was accused of having stolen from a woman, which he denied when the...
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A Pickpocket in Athens “kicks the poke”
The moments you’re boarding public transportation are your riskiest in the world of pickpocketry. A pickpocket in Athens shows us just how slick, and how fast, he can get your wallet. Victim accuses...
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Bag Snatch Cafe
This unattended purse could disappear in a second. You can hardly call it bag-snatching when a handbag is left hanging on the back of a chair, free for the taking. We regularly warn people about this...
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Guatemala City Pickpockets
The pickpocket in Guatemala City who stole our wallet for good. Almost gone for good, finally. Our lucky wallet, our favorite thief-bait, would have been stolen in Guatemala City by a stone-faced woman...
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Street crime in Guatemala City
Carving on a snack cart. Guatemala City corn-on-the-cob with condiments Guatemala City corn-on-the-cob with condiments Guatemala City women at Parque Central Woven cotton for sale at Guatemala City’s...
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6 rules for luggage security
Our usual set of old, beat-up Halliburtons. Another ring of airport luggage thieves has been arrested, this time at Los Angeles International Airport. So? Big deal. I’m not impressed. Not relieved....
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Easy stealing from lax store personnel
An employee’s personal phone left unattended in a shop. Thieves simply walk into stores and steal the unattended personal devices belonging to employees. This is Courtney’s report from Manhattan last...
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World’s most famous pickpocket slams ‘blatant’ street crime rates in Barcelona
Bob Arno on the lookout for thieves Bob Arno, now a security consultant [as well as a comedy stage pickpocket], is the world’s most prominent pickpocket. Speaking to 02B, Arno lifts the lid on the...
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Pickpockets in Prague
Two pickpockets look back at their angry intended victim. When in Prague, Czech your Wallet We hit the cobblestones as soon as we had dropped our bags and admired our room in King George’s House hotel,...
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Pickpockets on Rome Metro
This young pickpocket has just returned Bob’s wallet and is now nervous and uncomfortable, trapped on a moving train with her victim. Hunting Pickpockets on Rome Metro As we rode the steep escalator to...
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Naples pickpocket Angelo sighted
Guest Post Naples pickpocket Angelo Dear Bob Arno and Bambi Vincent, I want to thank you for your information. Before I went to Naples I searched for info on street crime and pickpockets there and also...
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Coffee with pickpockets in Naples
Tony laughs nervously on the tram when asked to return Bob’s stolen wallet. Coffee with Thieves An August Sunday in Naples. Holiday time for all of Europe and most shops were shut. We bought bus...
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Stealing credit cards on trains
Pickpocket partners Tony and Mario as they steal Bob Arno’s wallet So, we’re standing at a bar near the train station, drinking espresso with pickpockets in Naples (how we got here is described in Part...
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Romanian Pickpockets in Romania
Romanian pickpocket in Romania today. Where will he be tomorrow? Paris? Rome? Madrid? The pickpocket pair was plain as day to us. And we were just as obvious to them: tourists—by definition, filthy...
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Pickpockets in Paris
Bosnian pickpocket on the loose in Paris. Pickpocketing in Paris is out of control. Or rather, the pickpockets in Paris are in control. The police arrest them regularly then see the same faces on the...
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Paris pickpockets – kids you wouldn’t suspect
A pickpocket in Paris. Would you suspect him? “No, no, I won’t steal from you,” the little boy says. “You’re my brother! Family! Family!” He touches his heart, repeating “family, family.” He calls for...
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Hamidovic Pickpocket Network—Fagin is alive!
Fehim Hamidovic, convicted chief of the Hamidovic pickpocket networkFagin—heard of him? An 1837 fiction. Hamidovic—know that name? He’s an actual, living, pickpocket kingpin. Reality. Hamidovic,...
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Why pickpockets are not afraid of police
Actual, working pickpockets discuss their demonstrations in Bob Arno’s National Geographic documentary “Pickpocket King” With a million and a half views, our 50-minute National Geographic documentary...
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Eiffel Tower pickpockets force landmark closing
Eiffel Tower at night. No crowds, no pickpockets, no entry. The Eiffel Tower was closed due to pickpockets most of Friday. Once again, this so-called “petty crime” has affected tens of thousands. How...
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