皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app code will see mobile phone recycling companies check the details of every phone they are offered against a national database, which lists mobile phones that have been blocked, stolen or voluntarily registered.

If the phone is blocked, recyclers will refuse to buy it and details of the phone and the person or organisation who offered it to them will be passed on to police.

Why is it a problem?

Although 90 per cent of handsets reported stolen in the UK are blocked across all networks within 48 hours of being reported, they can still be used overseas. 皇冠体育app mobile phone recycling industry exports many of the handsets it buys and this has created a new market for stolen phones.

皇冠体育app regulation will stop an estimated 100,000 phones from being sold to recycling companies every year.

Industry endorsement

In return, the companies that sign up to the code will be placed on an approved list of recyclers, which consumers will have access to, and which the mobile phone industry will recommend people buy from.

Closing the loophole

Crime prevention minister James Brokenshire said that the code would close 鈥榓 multi-million pound loophole that has been exploited by criminals.鈥�

He said, 鈥楾ackling crime effectively is not just a job for government alone, action at all levels of society is needed to make a real difference. This new agreement is a perfect example of what this approach can achieve.

鈥楤y joining forces with the police, the mobile phone industry is closing a multi-million pound loophole that has been exploited by criminals and the industry should be congratulated. Alongside the impressive work on blocking stolen phones, this code will make mobile phone theft an even less profitable crime.鈥�

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