Every year, millions of tourists pour into London's busy streets and Tube stations, creating the perfect conditions for pickpockets to operate largely unnoticed. For one visitor from Hamburg, however, the constant safety announcements blaring over the loudspeakers did more than warn him; they sparked the idea for a new digital tool aimed at tackling the problem.
Artem Liholitov, 33, developed pickpockets.live after holidaying in the city. The marketing professional designed the platform to instantly report suspicious activity, creating a real-time log of suspected theft incidents.
