This is a video of a brazen pickpocket on a bus in Japan.  While you find the video hard to believe that the victim does not understand what is happening, take heed that this is a common occurrence around the world.  Many pickpockets are very brazen in their acts.  Watch the this bus pickpocket video so you can learn the trick of the pickpocket trade.

How to Avoid Thefts of Buses

When ever possible, work with travel partner for safety. Be attuned with the person your traveling with so you can help one another. Practice safety. Remind one another to stay alert, and practice the pick pocket advoidence techniques that your can find on various pages within this pickpocket prevention website. As you have watched this video, you have to assume that when riding a bus or other similar type of transportation, someone bumping up against you is not always a positive or accidental thing.