Watch Pickpocket King!

In Naples, Italy, the world’s best pickpockets challenge Bob Arno to a match of skills. 
In this National Geographic documentary, a gang of pickpockets demonstrate how they steal, and reveal a human side that victims can’t imagine. 
Then—an amazing celebratory dinner with six thieves morphs into a challenge that might be one step too far for Bob Arno.
Watch the film here.  
 
After, come back to read The Making of Pickpocket King
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Bob Arno and the pickpockets of Naples enjoy an endless dinner interspersed with theft demonstrations.
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On buses and trains, Michele ditches his studio headset in order to monitor sound with something less obvious.

Bob Arno “Pickpocket King” National Geographic documentary—part 6

Thiefhunting, Day One, continued. As we synchronize our thiefhunting plans with the film crew, I’m newly appreciative of Michele, our London-based sound recordist, who is from this city. He’s a
Van Royko, our director of photography, shows the last take on a monitor. Pickpocket crew and film crew crowd in to watch.

Pickpockets, meet the film crew

Thiefhunting, Day One, more. We’ve been standing in the tiny coffee bar more than an hour, speaking loudly. Eventually, the owner throws us out. No bad feelings, Michele translates—we’ve just

A “true expression of cultural exchange”

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