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Magician shows Swiss police how thieves work

Charly Borra has been hailed as the „King of Pickpockets“. The Austrian magician learned his trade from his father, also a famous magician, who went by the same name. Borra was at a recent magic congress in Grenchen, teaching police from all over Switzerland how thieves operate. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/SF)

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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001. 

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