Interior Minister Yvette Cooper will lead a summit for smartphone theft after the metropolitan police confiscated more than 1,000 stolen devices in a week.
The force aimed at those who participated in the whole of London with “coordinated activities” stolen telephones in a week.
It is said that 230 people were arrested in the clamp of “trade at 50 million pounds a year with stolen phones”.
The west end and Westminster are among the hotspots, and the police had already increased the patrols and “simple operations” in these areas.
During the summit on Thursday with Ms. Cooper, the deputy commissioner Dame Lynne Owens, the deputy commissioner Dame Lynne Owens, will increase security on phones to prevent stolen devices from being resold, the Force said.
The officials also want to work with the members of the industry to prevent stolen hirties from being related to cloud services and the IMEI number (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of a device on the locksmith.
Network providers can use the unique 15-digit IMEI to block the device when it is stolen.
Commander Owain Richards, who directed the MET’s answer to telephone thefts, said: “We see telephone thefts on an industrial scale that is powered by criminals that can earn millions by easily selling stolen devices here or abroad.”
Telephone persecution data and intelligence are used to track people with stolen devices.
Last year, four members of a gang were sentenced to “18 years together” after treating more than 5,000 stolen phones, said the troop.
They were persecuted after several victims had reported telephone theft in the same place, she added.
Mr. Richards said: “We need help from partners and industry to do more”, and the armed forces ask “Tech companies to make stolen phones unusable”.
Kaya Comer-Schwartz, deputy mayor of London for police and crime, said that “personal robbery” fell by 13% compared to the same period of the previous year.
She added: “But there is more to do. Since the criminal demand for high -quality mobile phones continues to grow worldwide, the mayor and I have to make it clear that companies have to go faster and faster to sell stolen phones, repeatedly and illegally reused.
“We will continue to work with leading mobile phone companies, the interior minister and the managers to find innovative solutions to end the scourge with mobile phone crime.”