Revealed: Europe’s top pickpocket hotspots as summer holidays begin

Europe’s top pickpocket hotspots revealed by ex-detective Source: BBC Morning Live

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00:00it can happen anywhere but unsurprisingly it's those big city environments really so we're

00:07looking at Italy Rome is top of that list the most common spot is the Trevi Fountain people

00:13are distracted throwing a coin in the in the fountain for good luck well it's not really

00:17good luck if you're targeted by a thief is it going on we have Spain particularly around Las

00:23Ramblas in Barcelona France popular tourist zones Eiffel Tower Paris moving on Amsterdam the

00:31Netherlands Prague in Czechia Lisbon in Portugal also ranked really highly because they are the

00:36tourist hotspots further afield places like Bangkok and Marrakesh have seen a rise in tourist targeted

00:43scams but those for taking a trip closer to home at London is actually the phone theft capital of

00:51Europe imagine us having that title