There is a good profile piece about Apollo Robbins in the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/......Page=all

I enjoyed reading it-thank you for posting.

There is also now a video to accompany the article:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cu......ing.html

Thanks for sharing. This is one of the most interesting articles I've read in a long time. I really like how the article weaves pickpocketing techniques with how we as humans are tricked - and the associated research.