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This wording gets the sequence wrong.

Multiple reports on the August 14, 2025 Venice incident say the tourist held the girl by her ponytail while waiting for police, and that the stolen purse was recovered later elsewhere.

• Corriere del Veneto reports that after tracking the thieves with her wireless earbuds, the tourist grabbed the younger girl and remained in a standoff "for 50 minutes" waiting for police. It then says that the third pickpocket fled with the stolen purse and later left it at the U.S. liaison office at Venice airport. The article adds that the passport was recovered there, along with the credit card; the earbuds and $200 cash were still missing.
• FOX 11's writeup of the daughter's TikTok account likewise says the mother held one girl until police arrived, while a third suspect ran off with the purse, which was later found at a U.S. liaison office inside an airport.

So the post's claim that she "refused to let her go until she got her passport and credit cards back" is misleading: the girl being held did not hand the items back during that confrontation, and the purse/documents were reportedly recovered later after being left at the airport office.