Travel is all about adventure, but there’s one thing we all want to avoid: being the victim of a pickpocket. Unfortunately, tourist attractions are like a buffet for sneaky thieves, who know how to ...

Watch your wallet and avoid thieves when traveling to these cities. Oct. 1, 2010— -- You might be on vacation. But that doesn't mean the thieves are. Travelers are usually carefree people who are ...

Where there are tourists, there are people seeking to exploit them, with travel Web site TripAdvisor coming up with a list of the top 10 places worldwide to be especially aware of pickpockets. "Not ...

EADaily, . The famous London pickpocket hunter Diego Galdino quit his regular job as a courier and devoted himself entirely ...

Despite COVID-19, travelers are returning to popular sites like the Trevi Fountain in Rome, the Eiffel Tower and Las Ramblas in Barcelona. Unfortunately, so are the pickpockets. Travel may finally be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- Have you ever reached into your pocket or purse for your wallet, and discovered it's not there? You've been pickpocketed. It's a scary feeling. Unfortunately, it's still all ...

In August 2025, a video of an American mother of eight grabbing a young girl by the ponytail in Venice, Italy, and demanding the return of her stolen passport reignited a year-long internet joke: ...

Exploring bustling city centres or jetting off around the globe can be thrilling, but beware the pitfalls of tourist hotspots. These areas are magnets for petty crime, with purse snatching, ...

One of literature’s most famous pickpockets is on the prowl again. Brodie-Sangster plays a grown-up Jack Dawkins, aka the Artful Dodger, who “has transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the ...