Mobile robbery
Half of all London’s 38,000 street robberies between April last year and the end of February involved mobile phones, according to Tuesday’s Evening Standard.
People are walking about with “fifty quid held to their ears,” it quoted
Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin of Scotland Yard as saying.
“The key thing I want to see is for these [mobile industry] companies to block stolen phones across all networks," he added. "Security must improve or we will be seeking legislation to enforce it.”
Many handsets are stolen for overseas export. Stolen phones are also used by criminals to co-ordinate other crimes anonymously.
Half of all London’s 38,000 street robberies between April last year and the end of February involved mobile phones, according to Tuesday’s Evening Standard.
People are walking about with “fifty quid held to their ears,” it quoted
Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin of Scotland Yard as saying.
“The key thing I want to see is for these [mobile industry] companies to block stolen phones across all networks," he added. "Security must improve or we will be seeking legislation to enforce it.”
Many handsets are stolen for overseas export. Stolen phones are also used by criminals to co-ordinate other crimes anonymously.
posted by Joia Shillingford at Tuesday, March 21, 2006
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