Overview

• Video from the Florence square shows a man grabbing a woman by the hair to stop an alleged theft of his wife's backpack before the bag is recovered.
• The woman is heard shouting that she is pregnant as another suspected accomplice confronts bystanders and urges her release.
• The footage was posted by the 'Firenze Cronaca Pickpocket' Instagram account, which said police arrived and arrested the pair.
• The incident follows an August case in Venice where American tourist Christina Cadieu Greene used AirPods tracking to locate a stolen purse and detain a 14-year-old.
• Related coverage notes Metropolitan Police arrests of suspected pickpockets on Oxford Street in London as reported thefts climb.