Well, let me count the ways. will probably miss a few. over the past 30 or so years,

Rome rail station. Grab from top of wife's carry-on. she was getting out her prescription sun glasses. lost them.

Rome via condatti 2 small girls one threw confetti at us, the other tried to grab wife's purse. nothing lost.

Marseille france. wife was making a phone call. put 2 coins worth about $1 on top of the pay phone. someone charged into her back and grabbed the coins.

paris. a strong youth ran rammed into the back of me at a Metro turnstyle. the turnstyle locked, he picked my right FRONT pocket. note that, all you front pocket guys.

venice wife had a new backpack with drawstrings. someone flipped it over while on a crowded vaperetto. she had so much junk in there , maybe something was missing, maybe not.

florence. woman of group of 3 had doll that looked like baby. jammed it into wife's chest and tried to grab purse.

paris train station group tried to grab over the shoulder bags while we were dragging suitcases from someplace to other place. wife dropped suitcases and went for them with an umbrella and they scattered.

paris in front of maurice hotel. large contingent of youths surrounded us. jack nickleson entourage came walking up the street, and they scattered.

had 2 agressive car breakins also.

get under clothing wallets. keep everything you want to keep in them. If carrying a purse, carry only replaceables in it. get a decent point and shoot camera and use it, not a million dollar slr with 20 lenses.

those sport coats with 50 million buried zip pockets are nice to hide stuff. I just cannot find anything in them, once it goes in there.