Stop looking like such a tourist! Maybe you won't get pickpocketed

This summer, travelers are in the crosshairs of professional thieves. Have you been a victim?

On a recent trip to Paris, John Smaistrla was just a bump away from becoming a pickpocket victim. 

“I was in the back car of the Métro Line 3, which was rocking pretty good at each turn,” he remembers. 

That’s when Smaistrla, a civil engineer from Houston, noticed another passenger bumping up against him. He didn’t think anything of it until he got off th…