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.
All text and photos © copyright 2008-present. All rights reserved. Bambi Vincent
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Our National Geographic documentary “Pickpocket King”

Bob and I are thrilled to announce the world premiere of the documentary we shot late last year with National Geographic. Pickpocket King features us, Bob Arno and Bambi Vincent,
Bob Arno in Naples

Bob Arno on “Pickpocket King”

Hi, Bob Arno here. First, thank you all for passionate comments (here and here) on our National Geographic documentary, Pickpocket King. To a certain extent the majority of these comments
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

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