How to Protect Yourself From Pickpockets in Europe

Video Transcript

"Hi everyone. I'm Ross Handler and you know, as wonderful as Europe is, just like anywhere else in the world, there is some crime, including pickpocketing. In some cases, it's quite apparent. So, here's how you can protect yourself against that. Number one, always carry just of the proper amount of cash that you need. If you need to, put it in your front pocket. Don't put anything in your back pocket. That's where they often go to. Now what I like to do to protect myself against pickpocketers where ever I go, especially in Europe, I wear one of these money bags. It's very simple and very effective. Everything gets sealed up. It fits under my garment. No one even knows it's there; they're going to have to wrestle me to the ground to get to my important documents and money. Now another thing that I can tell you is as you're traveling in Europe, if the weather permits, wear an outfit where you can have your shirt outside of your pants. That makes it just additionally harder for those folks to get to your pockets. If your pockets are easily exposed, they have easy access to them. Try not to allow your pockets to be exposed and most importantly, don't have anything in them that you think you can't lose. I'm Ross Handler and that's how it's done."