are everywhere and the reality in many places we love to travel.  To avoid being a victim, Budget Travel suggest:

• Don’t hang your purse or backpack on a chair in a restaurant.
• Keep your wallet and cell phone in the front pocket of your pants or an inside pocket of a jacket.
• Don’t put all of your most important belongings in the same carrier.  Use clothing that has hidden pockets for stashing emergency belongings such as passports and spare cash.
• Ideally wear a money belt or hanging pouch inside your clothes.  Wrap items in a plastic bag to avoid wetness from sweat. 
• Be careful in crowds watching a street performer where you can easily be distracted.
• Beware of any strangers approaching you who start touching you for any reason.
• Be careful in crowds watching a street peformer where you can easily be distracted.
• Beware of any strangers approaching you who start touching you for any reason.