{"id":4981,"date":"2023-06-28T16:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/2023-portland\/?post_type=speakers&#038;p=4981"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:14:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T19:14:44","slug":"bob-arno","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/events.pcisecuritystandards.org\/2023-portland\/speakers\/bob-arno\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Arno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time\u00a0magazine called him\u00a0\u201cthe world\u2019s foremost expert on the techniques\u00a0of first-rank \u2018wires,\u2019\u201d the slang term for pickpockets. Ongoing research and first-hand observation of real street crime has made Bob Arno an authority most consulted by police, security experts, and film producers. He is co-author (with his wife, Bambi Vincent) of the book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bobarno.com\/book\/\"><em>Travel Advisory: How to Avoid Thefts, Cons, and Street Scams<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bob is a leading international provider\u00a0of\u00a0theft risk management solutions for the business and leisure sectors. He is an internationally recognized street-crime and diversion-theft authority specializing in a pervasive, yet little-understood subculture that has created a multi-billion-dollar industry. As an expert on body language and con games, Bob narrates his footage with insight and authority. His documentaries reveal amazingly devious con games and brazen thefts.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 20 years,\u00a0Bob has been \u201cin the field,\u201d tracking and filming real street thieves in action in the world\u2019s top travel destinations. His goal was to bring new material to his presentations, adapted from the latest MOs of the street thieves themselves. His interviews and interrogations of countless criminals have given him a backdoor perspective on the mindset of this underclass. His unique footage of candid conversations and crime-in-action is incorporated into his presentations, shared with police and security forces around the world, and made into documentaries.<\/p>\n<p>Bob\u2019s career\u00a0has moved from nightclubs to casino showrooms to theaters to industrial entertainment, and spans 30 years of success on five continents. He currently specializes in multinational corporate events, where audiences arrive with vastly varied experience and expectation. Multilingual and highly visual, his physical funny-business and audience participation break all language barriers.<\/p>\n<p>He is a frequent presenter at Tourism Safety and Security Conferences and pre-Super Bowl seminars for law enforcement and security professionals. With exclusive video, live demonstrations, and well-appreciated humor, Bob offers a global perspective on diversion theft techniques and the latest international trends.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Arno is a speaker<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0entertainer, author, and special lecturer to law enforcement agencies. He has been profiled or quoted on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, ABC\u2019s\u00a0<em>20\/20,<\/em>\u00a0The Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, Discovery, Court TV, in\u00a0<em>The New York Times, USA Today, Fortune, Kiplinger\u2019s, National Geographic Traveler, Law and Order,<\/em>\u00a0and others. He has lectured for the Police Departments of Chicago, San Diego, Houston, Las Vegas, Detroit, Honolulu, Anaheim, and many abroad; for Tourism Safety &amp; Security Conferences around the country, and many others; for Kroll &amp; Associates, RSA Security Conference, and more. He taught an accredited course at the Connecticut State Police Training Academy. With his wife, Bambi Vincent, he is co-author of the book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bobarno.com\/book\/\"><em>Travel Advisory: How to Avoid Thefts, Cons, and Street Scams<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4985,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4981","speakers","type-speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bob Arno - 2023 North America Community Meeting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/events.pcisecuritystandards.org\/2023-portland\/speakers\/bob-arno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bob Arno - 2023 North America Community Meeting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Time\u00a0magazine called him\u00a0\u201cthe world\u2019s foremost expert on the techniques\u00a0of first-rank \u2018wires,\u2019\u201d the slang term for pickpockets. 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