From delivery driver to London's pickpocket vigilante

Fed up with street crime, Brazilian-born Diego Galdino swapped his delivery bike for a camera and began tracking down London's pickpockets, and reveals the moment that changed everything.

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See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ALICIA WATTS, DEPUTY SITE VIDEO EDITOR Published: 08:47 BST, 7 June 2026 | Updated: 09:07 BST, 7 June 2026

Fed up with seeing street crime every day, Brazilian-born Diego Galdino swapped his delivery bike for a camera. Now he hunts London's pickpockets and exposes them online as ‘Pickpocket London’. Speaking to Daily Mail Voices, Diego reveals the turning point that inspired his new mission and explains how he’s built a huge following of 1.8million across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

From delivery driver to London's pickpocket vigilante

From delivery driver to London's pickpocket vigilante

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