A pickpocket team might casually sandwich you between them in order to press against your body. This technique is particularly effective in crowded places like subway cars, busy sidewalks, or popular ...

NEW YORK-- The holiday lights are up, and pickpockets are out. The NYPD says while you're out enjoying the holiday season, thieves will be out too, looking for their next target. As CBS2's Jennifer ...

Traveling should be about discovery, not anxiety. Yet pickpocketing remains one of the most common crimes affecting tourists ...

A team of pickpockets may be targeting places in Raleigh. Raleigh police say three men had their wallets stolen while helping someone look for a contact lens. While the victims' attention was ...

CROWN POINT — A woman and several Lake County businesses were recent victims of a team of pickpockets and credit card thieves. The Lake County prosecutor’s office is naming Alphera Sandra Sullivan, 63 ...

Pickpocketing is now so rampant on the subways that the NYPD Transit Bureau has formed a special team of detectives and officers dedicated solely to nailing perpetrators, officials said Tuesday. “As ...

The summer is prime time for European travel, meaning it's also the perfect time for pickpockets to rob clueless tourists. One Italian woman has gone viral this summer thanks to her anti-thievery ...

While New Yorkers and tourists gathered to watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree light up in midtown on Wednesday night, the NYPD’s new Citywide Pickpocket Squad busted seven people for trying ...

A serial pickpocket busted near the Port Authority Bus Terminal identified himself as the uncle of chokehold victim Jordan Neely after his Manhattan arrest, sources told the Daily News. Christopher ...