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The 10 worst cities for pickpockets

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Originally posted by Seitse
For what I've seen and heard, and at least in Europe, the absolute
masters of pickpocketing come from Algeria.

That makes Paris the place where most likely you'll get your wallet
taken. If you are too slow, you could also end up pregnant without
noticing.
I never knew Algeria was in Europe!

However, the real masters, and I can't believe they are not in the ignorant list, come from China. Go to Beijing or Shanghai as a tourist, and I'll slice your pocket with a scalpel, so much so that you won't know you need a re-connection operation of ghosts and goolies.

They did me, but I never carry cash. They wrecked a $5,000 suit though! 🙁

No mention of China or Japan for pickpockets is an insult to their criminals. 😉

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Originally posted by duecer
we don't eff around in the States. we just club you over the head and crack yer effin skull open, then rifle through your pockets at our leisure. none of this namby pamby slip and dodget $hite, just straight up thuggery.


and of course of your mugger of the day happens to be HoH, sexual assualt may be part of the equation.
Hell, you basically just described most of my sexual encounters.

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Why would anyone carry a wallet?

Andre

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Originally posted by Adsum
Why would anyone carry a wallet?

Andre
where else will 19 year old virgins carry their 5 year old condoms?

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Originally posted by CCNoob
Interesting article on pickpockets and the techniques they use.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Pickpockets
If you want to learn some good pickpocketing techniques, watch this film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/

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Originally posted by Nordlys
If you want to learn some good pickpocketing techniques, watch this film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/
Or this one.


http://www.imdb.com/media/rm87070976/tt0063385

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Or this one.


http://www.imdb.com/media/rm87070976/tt0063385
Does it go into the finer details though? Does it show you how to train?

Grampy Bobby
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The post that was quoted here has been removed
Metastasized ethnocentricity noted.

Grampy Bobby
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Originally posted by CCNoob
1. Barcelona, Spain
2. Rome, Italy
3. Prague, Czech Republic
4. Madrid, Spain
5. Paris, France
6. Florence, Italy
7. Buenos Aires, Argentina
8. Amsterdam , Netherlands
9. Athens , Greece
10. Hanoi , Vietnam

http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-2946038

Seems odd that no US city is "cited". The hoods, gangstas, low-lifes and hustlers might get you to keep your wallet only after taking its contents!
Why specialize in picking pockets (from Dickens' Oliver... endearing

character Fagan) when for modest tuition you can learn to embezzle?

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The post that was quoted here has been removed
good observation skills noted.

Grampy Bobby
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The post that was quoted here has been removed
Pejorative is sooo yesterday.

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Why doesn't Steven Spielberg invent some pocketsauruses - dinosaurs that can fit in your pocket and bite the pickpocket?

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