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Pickpockets abound the world around and most are master craftsmen.
Fortunately, I've learned that pickpockets tend to hang out in predictable places and to strike in predictable circumstances. Any traveler who knows those places and circumstances is ready to foil the quickest hands. Let's start with the principle that pickpockets prefer easy targets. Like the bank robber Willie Sutton, pickpockets go where the money is. The Diversion Picking pockets becomes child's play, sometimes literally as we will see, through skillful use of diversions.