you see pickpocket has to bump in there is no way they're gonna go in back into
the pocket there's no way they're gonna back this okay for over two decades Bob
our dos used his skills as a renowned stage pickpocket to catch real thieves
and to teach travelers how to avoid being robbed he's going to Naples to
hunt the renowned pickpockets the only ones whose skills he thinks rival his
own Bob switz wife and partner in crime chasing Bambi he's been to Naples before
but cracked the den of thieves I haven't come terribly deep and they're being
protective there's been barriers I only come so far and then suddenly it's like
I'm running into a block into a stone wall I'm not getting any further
but Bob's not here for the pizza he is here for the pickpockets he's coming
back to find the one thief who was eluded him for years a pickpocket named
Angelo who was rumored to be the best on the street Bob and Bambi have scoured
the globe seeking out pickpockets in every major city
we go into all kinds of strange places sometimes extremely dangerous places
they have a simple technique for catching thieves we trick the thieves
into thinking that we are bumbling tourists and allow the thieves to steal
from us Bob and Bambi are rigged with an array of hidden cameras to capture the
scene action and this is how Bob hopes to bait his first pickpocket with his
lucky wallet the wallet is only filled with scraps of paper but Bob has used it
on thief hunting missions it has always got it back
after 20 years of thief hunting I know what to look for the first thing is how
they tilt their head as I tilt his head slightly to observe a tourist is not
then I look at the eyes are they smiling they have been smiling there's no way
they're gonna be able to steal a natural person a businessman tourist behaves
very different than a thief and finally I look for some of the tools sometimes
they have a jacket over their arms to hide they don't steal their hand it
takes a pickpocket to know a pickpocket when the bus stopped and some new people
came on board I immediately knew they were not regular passengers
I do not make eye contact with him I cannot turn to let him see the wallet
and they moved closer so I knew it was gonna happen
I never felt a wallet goal in all my years of thief hunting this has never
happened before I had to brush against my pocket to make sure they check my
wallet realized it was empty dropped it on the floor now this was my chance to
confront them this is potentially dangerous these are criminals they've
cornered the pickpockets could turn violent mm even one who see cheap
opponent he may grant a spectacular Las Vegas well I mean the Bob's all chirp it
works fast the seasons show I took out my little
Ektron ik display I show him a couple of photos and he's really lightening up
nice smiling and as I'm saying you hold it and see and I said gave it to him
told I took his watch there was no way that I could have planned it better just
took off Gironda spectacular they volunteered and say hey let's go over
and have a coffee here together it's a little more song
now I want to have coffee I want to be able to interact with him so I need a
translator so we had me clearly our sound man he's sitting a little further
away as if he's just a student waiting for another bus are you speaking palem
poquito anger okay Las Vegas welcome I see you
bob has his first pickpocket this played a risky game with real criminals he's
not in Vegas anymore
okay since Emily did it before wait
these men are thieves who grew up on the mob-run streets of Naples but Bob's had
two decades of practice an easygoing style he swaps stories with the sound
man me Kelly is now Bob's translator Bob tells them about the legendary move he
has seen just once and here in Naples the pleading of a pocket lining placed
their pride his ploy works the thieves offer to help Bob track down
Angelo the pickpocket who did this amazing move Bob proposes they meet
again tomorrow at a more discreet location they agree