47
Technology3h 18m ago

The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.

Archive Window: 30 Days Left

London, England, Wales, China

Who
Sir Mark Rowley, Met Police, Apple, Kate Adams, Samsung, Google
What
The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
When
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:38:59 GMT · 3h 18m ago
Where
London, England, Wales, China ·
Why
The Met Police believes that if stolen phones cannot be reactivated, their value collapses, and so does the incentive to steal them.
The Frontline Impact

How this affects you

This initiative aims to disrupt the international trade in stolen phones, which is worth millions of dollars, by making it harder for criminals to profit from reselling stolen devices.

Story chain

5 events in this thread
  1. Technology49m ago
    The Met Police has started sharing data with Apple to track stolen handsets more closely and push for new legislation to make stolen devices harder to reuse.
    Open article
  2. Technology3h 18m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
    Open article
  3. Currently Reading3h 18m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
  4. Technology3h 18m ago
    The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.
    Open article
  5. Technology4h 20m ago
    Apple has made a global security change to allow stolen phone “identifiers” to be shared with police, so the handsets can be tracked and found if they reappear in circulation.
    Open article

Verified Sources & Citations