I followed a pickpocket in Vegas. He was acting drunk and wobbly, and always seemed to wobble into people that were approaching, which made me look closer to confirm my suspicions. You could see his hands moving quickly in the moment of opportunity. No one who'd been bumped into seemed to suspect that the contact had been purposeful, so I guess he was pretty good. When he went into a casino I alerted security, but I don't know how the story ended. No real point other than to share, but perhaps it does illustrate that sometimes you will not know for sure what's up, which will prevent even a good and brave person from taking action. Saw a guy in Walmart in the tool section, not long ago -- seemed like he was putting stuff into his pockets. Couldn't tell though... Was a black guy, too, which made me reluctant to get involved for fear of being a suspicious creep to an innocent man. Coulda been putting back a Kleenex. "F-it..." I said & kept shopping. While waiting for a bus, watched an aggressive street dude really pestering a girl, asking her for money. She seemed distressed and when they passed by I put my hand on his chest and said, "She has no money for you." He was astonished & then angry that I'd deprived him of his prey. He walked around the block mumbling to himself, and when he came back around I was still there. Came very close then to a ferocious fight between two tough dudes. And what if he'd had a knife?Later, saw the chick & she was very grateful, so it was worth it, but... you can die in a dumb way out of the blue if you step in. The chicken life is safer & easier.
I saw a guy grab a gypsy on the underground in Rome. He had her up against the wall of the train demanding she return his wallet. She kept saying she didn't have it. At that point he started shaking her and what do you know, the wallet suddenly fell to the ground.
If you do a search for "Barcelona metro pickpockets", you'll find that they have patrols made up of volunteers from all nationalities resident in the city, who actively intervene when they catch someone in the act, in addition to warn passengers when they see the usual suspects on the platforms or on the trains.
My favorite was the woman in Italy yelling out the word "pickpockets" over and over in English so the tourists would be aware. The thieves were visibly pissed off.
They are FOUR actually. If you notice, moments before the man intervene and stop the first pickpocket from putting her hand in the purse, you can see in the background the second pickpocket with the black clothes saying something to the lady with the pink shirt and trying to distract her while the third pickpocket behind her tries to put her hand in her purse. The fourth pickpocket is the one that gets in the train last with the white hat, to cover the rest and push the victims to divert their attention, or even steal depending on the position of the victim. They cornered the pink shirt lady really tightly at the end, i hope they didn't steal anything from her
Same thing happened to me in Paris. My friends and I got on the subway and suddenly there were 3 teenagers badgering us for the time. A lady next to us spoke in English and said don't talk to them they are trying to distract and steal from you. They left quickly after they saw that we moved away from them. We were very grateful to lady who warned us.
It's insane that when I was in Paris and on the metro there was an announcement that said "attention passengers, there is several pickpockets on board, please watch your stuff carefully and stay safe" every single time we stopped at a station
@@CristallBthere weren't any problems during the JO, what are you talking about bro ? There were cops every two meters. You never went to Paris during the JO, didn't you ?
@@bloupm620aqui no Brasil nunca foi escondido. O pior é vcs europeus querer vender imagem de local seguro pra o mundo. Aí tá muito pior do que aqui. Pelos vídeos q tenho visto aí tem mais ladrão do que passageiro.
Had to watch it again - you can see her reach into the lady's bag as she's pushed up into her. Nice of the person behind the thief to pull her shoulder back. Little Ms. Pickpocket was annoyed :D
We had one instance on the metro in Paris where a couple of teenage girls pickpocketed my French teachers husband, took the money he had in his pocket. The other instance was when we were headed to the metro and were on a small escalator when two men decided to get in the middle of our group. They got one of our guys in between them and the one in front pretended to drop something and our guy went to pick it up to give it to him while the guy behind him took his wallet out of his pocket. The bad thing is, our teacher warned all of us about this trick and yet, he fell for it… our tour guide, and three other men in our group went to chase after the two men, but unfortunately weren’t fast enough and lost the two men.
Me and my mother were in Paris about a month ago and the Parisians are just lovely. The way they let tourists and each other know that there are pickpockets. A man kept repeating to us before he got of the train that there were pickpockets … then the whole train started shouting pickpockets and pointing at them and then a musician that played and accordion staring singing about them. It was great. They ran off the train at the next stop
@@sakoupa even in Paris, you typically need evidence to arrest someone. And the police can't be everywhere at once. It's better for civilians to help prevent a crime from happening at all instead of waiting for it to happen then calling the cops.
The video helps a bit, hope the algorithm pushes it to locals and people planning to visit. Pickpocketing is unfortunately quite common in Europes touristy places that have packed streets and public transport. I always make sure I don't keep anything valuable in my pockets and my bag/purse must have a zipper. I make sure the zipper is closed and when in a crowded public area I hold onto the part where the zipper ends
A pair of thieves actually, both blondes are in on it, the one in grey and one in black. Black shows the mark while grey blocks and tries to steal, both give the filmer stink eye and grey instantly goes to their phone, a sign of escape
I have a few immigrant/ brown skinned fiends that explained the concept of situational awareness: they say they are always aware of who is where and what is going on at all times: must be heavy! I am just naively and blindly going through life and in fact was almost pick picketed in Florence because it probably shows on my face! 😂
My dad got pickpocketed in Italy and I’ll always remember. My dad had cancer, walked w a cane and was 60. Dude picked him and he realized as the train door closed. My dad ripped that door open and chased the dude down and caught his dumbass. Bro was shocked that my dad even did that lmao. Then my dad was offered by police to beat bro lmao. That’s one of the best memory’s I have of him. Edit - Didn’t think this would get as much attention as it did but I’m glad this story could make some people smile. (Also to people saying this is fake, you just ain’t spawn with a badass Gigachad “I don’t take shit from no one” type dad. Whhhooomp Whhhooomp lil bro)
@@mattiepayne5326 no they took him into the back of a room, well like it wasn’t really a room it was a more like a long hallway type thing with like pipes n shit. But pretty sure they meant it cause my dad said no and he said to them that he wanted the dude to learn his lesson
I've seen a man that follows and films pickpockets in Rome shouting as they've got their hands in peoples bags and chasing them shouting "PICKPOCKET" in Italian. It is awesome to watch.
In Holland too it's named "Boevenspotter" on youtube and the guy (chaime) is a Columbian living in Amsterdam , he also operates in Brussel and Barcelona , he has a short-line with undercover-cops in Holland
I did this in Paris. Sat at a cafe near the designer stores in Paris and realized it was a hot corner for pickpocketing. I’d do a loud whistle anytime I saw one in progress. They’d stand near a tourist shopper with their Louis Vuitton or Dior shopping bags and huddle around them then the whistle would spook them and the tourist. I stopped and left after about 30 mins when I realized I may be targeted soon
People like you want it to be dystopian. Or you don't understand that your life will always be dystopian with the internet. One hundred years ago you could live your whole life without knowing anything about the big world wars. Information is only good if you can handle it and understand how much better life is today than in any other time in history.
showing face doesnt make it any better. actually its better not to. this is not the middle age were pillory is fine. the important and good thing he did was stopping her.
The awkwardly aggressive “I’m standing infront of you face to face and not moving so u can’t move” is a dead giveaway…that poor woman looked so scared to even say excuse me or MOVE! I’m glad that person pulled that girl off of her like that she deserved to be handled the way she was trying to handle that older woman.
How can you be scared to a short female doing this to you like i would expect a greek woman same age like that on the video to instantly yell at her since greece is a stressed country and everyone easily gets mad i hardly expected that woman to act like that
She wasn't scared. It was just an invasion of personal space being pressed up against her. (And she was a thief, which the lady didn't even notice. They're super skilled there.)
@@Μπάμπης-υ5ν Well, we Greeks, it's in our DNA to yell 😂😂 We are even yelling when we are not mad, it's just our way of communication If she was a greek woman, most likely she would push her and say something because the pickpocket is blocking her way And maybe that's the reason we don't have such a big problem with pickpockets in our trains like France, Italy and Spain. We still have pickpockets but they can't do it shamelessly
She wasn't afraid, she was oblivious. It's the same reason that our countries are going to SH!T, because people are oblivious to what is happening all around us. If she was afraid of that little girl, she would have been afraid to put her back to the guy who grabbed the "little" girl. But she seemed pretty much oblivious to the whole thing. Wake up, people! PS the immigrants ARE eating our pets. RU-vid it and see for yourself. Pets Lives Matter!❤ Pets Lives Matter!❤ Pets Lives Matter!❤
@Μπάμπης-υ5ν Just maybe the woman is not a confrontational type of person. Maybe she doesn't like engaging with strangers. Maybe she had more pressing thoughts she was concentrating on. There are a whole host of "maybes" for her reaction, except "scared." 👩🏾🦱JS😊
When my sisters were in Paris a few years ago, they went to breakfast at the hotel right before getting on the train. One of them dumped a whole jar of Nutella in her small purse and purposely left it unzipped. A pickpocket got a nice surprise when she reached into the bag. She started swearing (in French of course) as everyone on the train cracked up. My sister is a GENIUS!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
My brother in law almost got pickpocketed in the Paris Metro. He was shocked about it so couldn’t say anything. But since there were 8 of us in our group, the pickpocketer got too scared to leave the train with us. As the doors closed back on him, I yelled out “PICKPOCKET!” and pointed at the guy. As the train was leaving, you could see the entire crowd on the train step away from this man. What an awkward train ride for him. 😂
They were both working together, the thief in the black sweater helped block and corner the unsuspecting woman.. Respect to the person exposing these people who completely wreck tourists vacations in their hometowns and cities..🫡🫵🏽
That’s a whole crew working together, not just the blonde in grey and the one in black. Notice how the one in black then talks to the others that get on and they all look around and at eachother. At least 4 of them.
You also didn’t noticed the girl in the pink shirt, sunglasses in the metro? she’s also working with them, she jumped off the train as soon as she realized they been caught, you can see the girl in black sweatshirt looking at her and then looking at the guy who caught them
😂you make me laugh because I'm sure the word wasn't that one but "salchicha". I'm sorry in any case for that experience but we don't want these people in Spain (or anywhere) but decent immigrants. But yeah it's funny the way you say that word...
You should keep it close to your body and carry a decoy if you’re traveling in an unfamiliar area with a lot of pickpockets. When I travelled through Europe, I wore a vest with inside pockets.
@@EaglesNation24true, one of the reason why my mom makes me or one of my brothers walk behind her when she's wearing her backpack on her back so we can keep an eye out
@@Josh-th7tm It's 3-4. As they are walking in, one girl in black is fixated on the back of the girl in pink and might pass something to the other girl in black who is watching.
@@GhostStyle007 yeah. Only one I couldn't tell if was actually in on it or just in the way was the tan jacket/tan hat lady who stops in front of pink shirt
@@justanotherguy469two thieves working together: bleached blonde hair/ black clothes girl (leader), teamed with grey sweatshirt/"Paris" hat girl (partner in crime). 100% they show up to court with no bleach in their hair, in attempt to throw off witness identification Scumbags
@@justanotherguy469 took me a while to see it too... the blond girl in the black ball cap is reaching into the purse of the lady in the tan overcoat with purse in front of her. her partner is in the black hoodie sweatshirt helping to funnel people and would have been the hand-off person. the thief throws the guy a look like 'why are you touching me?'
@@justanotherguy469 Can't you see that blond girl dont want move out if the entrance, and their is another blond girl, thief, too...
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They tried that with me in the Paris metro too. I noticed it and pushed her of me. But honestly this and the amount of people wanting to scam you doesn't make me want to go to Paris again anytime.
@tippinonmyha1321 I had a guy try to pickpocket my brother who was near the bus door, while I was sitting on the bus seat. The thief was so stupid he tried to rob a 6ft3 bold and mean looking mofo. But his stupidity didn't end there, he was also so unaware of his surrounding that he failed to notice another 6ft2 mean mofo sitting right there 😂 I saw him try it, the the 2 of us cornered him and kicked him out on the next stop 😅
@@BatkoBratthat is beautiful! I love stories like those. People who steal make me so mad.. especially these people how they corner you. Heck if they do this to me I’d push them off and yell at them.
Simple: the government doesn’t care. The money isn’t being stolen from their pockets so it doesn’t matter. The stolen money will be recirculated back into the economy no matter if it was spent by a lazy, incompetent criminal or a hardworking, law abiding citizen. The rich will still get their money regardless so why would they care what happens to regular people? Just the sad reality of it all. We are expendable, we are pawns and our wellbeing hasn’t mattered in a long, long time.
doesnt matter.. europe is full of this Everyone can remember a thief if there are 3 of them. Nobody can remember a thief once there are thousands of them
Lol just cuz he has their faces on camera doesn't mean anything at ALL! There's probably 1000 or more girls that look like them lol and I'm sure they aren't just gonna quit pickpocketing after this LOL
@@aaliasb. especially since all of western europe has instituted a catch and release policy. and has decriminalized petty crime to not bother drugdealers and pickpocketers
Must feel good when you're a creep recording all the pretty girls getting on the train and accidentally film a viral video that you can share outside of the dark web 😊
When I lived in NYC, I was on the subway and a guy put his hand in my back pocket to check for a wallet. I yelled, “Watch your stuff! He’s picking pockets!” Everyone ignored me. As soon as the doors opened, the pick pocket grabbed a guy’s wallet and fled. Then people started accusing me of being an accomplice.🙄
@@melissadanielle629 Manners and boundaries are universal… While some places it can be common to be closer to others, some still don’t like it. (Coming from a European)
That lady is a permanent mark.....ZERO situational awareness! Goad he stepped in and did something! You know the thief knew it too because she didn’t say a word about him doing that😂
This is why traditionally men would protect women and children. Modernity forces women that were raised correctly who would probably be good mothers and wives to have to go into this cut throat world and they just got harassed and stolen from constantly and even worse happens. But instead we prop up these rich and famous women as if any woman can do it. Not that men propped those famous women up or anything. Post modernism is a net negative to our society.
Bravo man safe her we need more people like this help around all Europe we see story they pickpocket many tourist lose phone wallet share hit like to see people around the world
She's not working alone the girl in the black sweater is in on it too. She had her hand in her bag. Thanks for your help! She's not happy you pulled her away .
It's important to know that in Paris, pickpockets risk nothing, especially if they don't have any form of identification. At worst, they'll go to the police station and be told that stealing is bad.
They just say they are 17 and are let go by the police after spending 1 hour at the police station. Policemen catch the same thieves multiple times a day and sadly have to let them go.
Non elles disent qu elles ont 13 ans ..17 ans c est chaud vu que tu es bientôt majeur..comme ça a 13 ans elles risquent. Tu reviens dans 2 ans elles auront tjrs 13 ans ...je pense qu elles sont TOUS nés le 29 février 😂😂😂😂
Not only was there that couple working on that woman, but a third one was unzipping the backpack of the woman with the pink Armani t-shirt while another blocks her! They’re incredibly fast and bold!
@@colt2110 really? I thought it was common sense to interfere if something like this is happening, I mean it's not like she's robbing her at gunpoint or knifepoint, there's also a lot of people around, I honestly don't understand if anyone who saw this doesn't interfere
I'd suggest that in any place where ppl WILL crowd up against you, flip your messenger bag around so that the flap is against you, and hold onto your bag so tight that no hand can creep through. And if you aint got a flap to cover zippers, just hold onto your bag till you arrive to your destination (even out of the station).
This happened to me in Vienna. We had been warned to watch for pick pockets. I was boarding the train and this girl shoved herself beside me. I saw her hand going in and I grabbed ahold of it and yelled STOP! She ran down the aisle and out the rear door. You have to be on guard all the time!
@@AckzaTVhey how come you deleted your other comment from 5 days ago? You got to be a suspicious person because you are doing the some suspicious things right now 💋
Some young lady 6 inches smaller than you just got all up in your face for no reason on a cart that wasn't even that full and you didn't gaf or question anything? Maybe that's on you at this point?
I was robbed twice on London underground. These thieves are very adept and you don't feel a thing. They especially come out at Christmas because they know many people are heading home to their families. They warch you and wait for the moment to pounce. It's such a wicked way to behave towards your fellow man.
If I were that lady I would have pushed her away😅 why would somebody get that close to you with all that room? what do you think that something was wrong with that? I mean all that room and that girl is pushing up on you come on think people think😅
My dad had his wallet stolen on holiday years ago. He was walking through a park and suddenly got lots of bird crap on him. A guy 'helped' him to clean up and when he went back to the hotel to change clothes his wallet was missing. He reported it to the hotel and local police but nothing was done about it. Years later he saw the same guy in a different place and took the guys picture then shared it on Facebook with a warning about what he had done.
This happened to me and a friend on the metro in Paris last year. 4 young girls were all in it together. Fortunately we had nothing taken but a few of the zippers on our security packs were opened. A kind Spanish-speaking woman helped warn us about them when they were attempting it. It happened during rush hour when it was most crowded. Scary!
Solution is simple. Do not take 20 thousand euro in cash. Do not take 10 thousand dollars worth of gold around your neck and wrists. Do not buy a 30 thousand euro phone every month. Do not make yourself the obvious victim!
@@voornaam3191the women being robbed in this video doesn't seem to fit none of the criteria you mentioned. That's enough proof that nothing can stop pickpockets, whether you have expensive things or not.... So i guess the realistic solutions would be to find a way to lock your bags, try to somehow avoid crowded spaces and most importantly, ALWAYS pay attention to your surroundings at any given moment or situation.
This is why I don't carry a purse or bag at all. I have a little tiny credit card size wallet and I either keep in my bra or in a deep front pocket. I don't tuck my tshirts in either so no way to get into my front pocket without moving my jacket out of the way & lifting my tshirt. So these skanks would be out of luck.
Thank you for stopping this little raggedy thief!! At some point they are going to run upon the RIGHT one. And it's not going to end well! As it shouldn't! This is just disgusting & disturbing!!
Who still goes to France for a vaccation? Too many muslims and racist locals who can't do anything about the muslims taking out their passive aggressivness 9n said tourists.
@@miguelroman4294 same question I asked my French friends here. They told me that most of these pickpockets are minor and are allegedly run as well by family syndicates. I just hope this change but I think they're getting more aggressive especially Paris Olympics is just around the corner.
You could tell the way that they got on first, set up a zone offence, and waited for their marks to be corralled towards one or the other with coordinated movements. All women, all bleach bottle blondes, one is chewing on gum like a camel and all from "traveller" families that live in these pimped out caravans, hence the familial similarities. Tbf, they are highly prejudiced against in Europe, and as a result, aren't given citizenship within many countries they try to live in, which makes it impossible to secure employment without paperwork. As such, what else can they do to support themselves and/or their families if you can't apply and/or maintain a legal job? You can't apply for government programs or assistance. You can't enrol your children into school. You're at the mercy of those who pay under the table because these employers know that they can get away with human rights and employment abuses because no one is going to protect them. With that sort of ingrained societal exclusion, they'd feel no loyalty to the social contract public. So, from their historical perspective and jaded worldview, why not view individual members of society at large as pawns to feed off of??? It would be an interesting socio-economic study if the morals of it weren't so fucked up.
You missed the one with the glasses on her head pickpocketing the pink dressed lady's backpack. First girl also slows her entry. I think the beige jacket white cap might be in on it as well, but that was harder to see.
I woulda shouted and pointed "attention everyone! This woman is a pickpocket, hold onto your vaulables!" Thanks for sharing, good to know what they look like, seems they wear a rucksack on their front for easy transferring.
There’s barely anyone in yet and she started pushing close to the woman like there was 100 people crammed in. Good on him but I would have also announced she was a thief.
In London, if you get on public transport, and have people behind still wanting to get on, and you stand blocking the door, you will find yourself being aggressively moved
You mean being a white person makes it easier to commit crime anywhere and get away with it because white people are not looked at the same way as people with ethnicity as white people are presumed innocent that don't do wrong in society and that the crime that white people commit is far less harmful than non whites. Unbelievable
In the current days that's a good way to get shot in Arkansas. I had to watch it 10 times just to see it. We don't have pick pockets around here. I've left my wallet in store shopping carts twice, went back and it was still there lol.
I feel like this was fake. Why would he or she be recording when they came in, why would the lady push herself up against the girl like that and why didn’t the person recording tell the lady. It looks like the young girl got her phone
Well when you're not expecting it... and the older lady probably figured the girl was being pushed into her just as they wanted her to think, just as most would think on a crowded train..duuh😲
@@JupiterSlim If you've been in a European capital city long enough you easily recognize these. It's been happening for at least 20 years and it's a daily occurence by the same suspects
