London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why. NYT | China Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg 15 October 2025 at 21:29 About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.
London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why. NYT | Top Stories Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg 15 October 2025 at 12:01 About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went. © Andrew Testa for The New York TimesPolice officers searching a secondhand phone shop in north London last month.