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flag Over 80,000 phone thefts in London led to raids exposing a global network shipping devices to China and Algeria.

flag London saw over 80,000 mobile phone thefts in 2024, with police uncovering a large-scale criminal network shipping stolen devices to China and Algeria. flag Raids recovered 2,000 phones and £200,000, revealing operations using e-bikes, aluminum foil to block signals, and warehouses disguising phones as batteries. flag A breakthrough came after tracing a device to a Heathrow warehouse, leading to arrests and exposing a global trade fueled by weak international blacklists and years of under-prioritization by police.

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