My stolen phone ended up in China: Could yours be next? | ITV News

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My stolen phone ended up in China: Could yours be next? | ITV News

iPhones that are stolen on the streets in the UK are being tracked to the exact same district of China described as the country’s ‘Silicon Valley’

Mine was, and it turns out it isn’t the only one.

It was only when i checked a few weeks later to my surprise my phone appeared in Shenzhen, China.

A phone is stolen every six minutes in London alone according to the Met Police, and it made up 70% of all thefts in the capital last year – only a fraction of them are ever recovered.

Our digital journalist Sam Leader investigated

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Date: September 1, 2023