article_snippet.sent: Chilean pickpockets have become the most effective thieves operating in central London, according to undercover police teams.
article_snippet.sent: In one example Metropolitan Police stopped two Chilean women wearing burkas after two Chilean women wearing burkas had been spotted targeting rich Arab tourists in the Park Lane and Mayfair areas.
article_snippet.sent: Chilean pickpockets have become the most effective thieves operating in central London, according to undercover police teams .
article_snippet.sent: Chilean pickpockets were carrying contained €130,000 and £20,000 as well as gold and diamond jewellery.
article_snippet.sent: But DC Darren Bond, whose team monitors the Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street areas, explained to the the website that Chilean pickpockets 'don't mess about'.
article_snippet.sent: He is quoted as saying: 'Chilean pickpockets ' are intelligence-led – Chilean pickpockets ' don't go after anyone but wealthy tourists – and operate in mixed teams of three to six, often middle-aged. '
article_snippet.sent: Chilean pickpockets ' will look like a nice family or group of businessmen to fit in.
article_snippet.sent: It allows Chilean pickpockets ' to walk through hotels unchallenged, sit down and have breakfast, then walk out with bags, laptops, etc.
article_snippet.sent: Chilean pickpockets ' are so hard to trace.'
article_snippet.sent: DC Bond, whose squad has seen a 50 per cent reduction in thefts over the last year, told Vice that 'anecdotally' about 70 per cent of arrested pickpockets were Romanians or Bulgarians, ten per cent Algerians and five per cent Chileans with the rest UK-based. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Many thieves arrive on six-month VISA before heading on a 'European tour'
  Police arrested two Chilean women in burkas who had a bag containing €130,000, £20,000 and jewellery .