UNAPOLOGETICALLY, a grown woman strides towards a pedestrian and flings her arm out in an attempt to steal her bag.

In another instance, a young boy hangs behind a man holding cash in his hand. Without one swift move, he grabs the cash and makes a run for it.

8 Street thugs target pedestrians in the streets of Rio de Janeiro Credit: Youtube

Any opportunity. Any victim. Sometimes in groups or sometimes solo, these criminals will do just about anything to make their steal.

This is how petty thieves in Rio de Janeiro make their living. Day by day, innocent victim after innocent victim. Handbag by handbag, cash is ripe for the steal.

Footage posted to Facebook has shown just how brazen Rio de Janeiro’s thieves really are, and with the Olympics in full swing, robbery is in peak season.

Here’s how they seem to do it; they get rather close to their target, swarming around their victim until an opportune moment, when with a simple swipe, they’ve got their prey.

8 Brazen thieves snatch bags from passersby in Brazil in 'peak robbery season' for the country Credit: Youtube

8 Some thieves perform their crimes on the back of bicycles to help them make a speedy getaway Credit: Youtube

They make no eye contact, sometimes they ride bikes, sometimes they run, sometimes they attack.

Earphones, cash, handbags, backpacks, iPhones and jewellery — anything that’s not protected — is fair game.

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Rio’s shambolic security set up has been slammed by Australian Olympic chiefs, who say not enough is being done to protect athletes and visitors to events.

The criticism came with fresh revelations criminals are bypassing checkpoints with fake or no accreditation, a bullet struck a media tent and two team officials were robbed at knifepoint.

8 A pedestrian has his back towards a truck as thugs round on her in an attempt to snatch her bag Credit: Youtube

8 Another woman tries to stop a thief stealing her handbag as she strides through the Rio streets Credit: Youtube

8 A man is wrestled to the ground in a tussle over a bag in a Rio street Credit: Youtube

8 Punches fly as robbers attempt to nab tourist's bags in the street in a series of brazen thefts Credit: Youtube

8 With the Olympics in full swing, the number of tourists in the city has gone through the roof giving more potential marks for the thieves Credit: Youtube

“The organising committee needs to do more, particularly at security checkpoints,” AOC spokesman Mike Tancred told the Daily Telegraph.

“The host nation is responsible for the safety of the 10,500 athletes who are in Rio right now, and it is just not good enough.”

Rio is one of the world’s most dangerous cities and a massive 85,000 strong security presence was deployed with the intention of keeping visitors safe.

“I went into six venues today. At two of them they did look at my accreditation, one was a cursory glance and three took no look whatsoever,” Olympic chief Kitty Chiller told News Corp.

“You know they all smile and say hello when you walk through they are very friendly but they don’t actually look at what’s hanging around your neck.”