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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This is too good. Van gets one more shot with another camera.

A missing wallet, nakedness, email from a thief

Thieves find us, more. It was a big day for us, and for the whole documentary team. The lowlifers stealing Bob’s wallet, finding Marc and Andy on a bus, catching
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
Actual, working pickpockets discuss their demonstrations in Bob Arno's National Geographic documentary "Pickpocket King"

Why pickpockets are not afraid of police

With over two million views, our 50-minute National Geographic documentary “Pickpocket King” continues to raise questions. Here, Bob Arno addresses the frequently discussed issues of why the active pickpockets showed

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