Greek police expose audacity of £3,000-a-day pickpocketing gang

Officers detail crackdown on major criminal network that worked shifts and in teams to distract and prey on tourists The audacity and creativity of a pickpocket gang who worked shifts, employed teams of runners and made tourists their exclusive prey has been revealed by one of the most successful crackdowns to date on street crime in Greece. Pickpocketing may flourish in tourist havens, but in Athens, where visitor numbers are booming, thieves appear to have been on a roll. With takings in exces...