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Pickpockets work in teams
Pickpockets work in teams
Pickpockets often work in teams. For example, getting on a crowded bus, one ahead of you may create a delay so the one behind can get your wallet. One may distract the victim's attention while the other reaches into a pocket on the other side. The loot may be immediately handed off to a third player, so even if you grab the actual thief, there is no evidence and the item is lost. Pickpocket teams typically include both genders and both young and older people. Anyone can be a pickpocket, even women or other tourists.
More brazen pickpocket teams will work with 4 people who swarm from different directions to block you briefly. The person behind you then suddenly bumps or jostles you while reaching into your pocket and handing off what is found to another person. If you sense this happening soon enough, jumping and/or turning back in the opposite direction may get you out of the trap.
Criminologists Bob Arno and Bambi Vincent film and interview thieves and report on their methods and motivations at Thiefhunters in Paradise.
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