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Staff at the Eiffel Tower in Paris have walked out, forcing it to close. They are protesting against the levels of pick-pocketing, saying they feel increasingly threatened by aggressive gangs operating in the area. But what of the traditional art of pickpocketing? Bob Arno knows how to do it. (Photo: A pickpocket at work in New York in the 1940s. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)