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17/12/2003
UK-wide anti-mobile phone crime strategy launched
A new unit dedicated to tackling mobile phone crime across the country has been launched today.
The National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU), based in London, is made up of representatives from police forces across the country, other law enforcement agencies and members of the mobile phone industry.
Half of all street crime involves the theft of a mobile phone, and almost one third of these crimes involves the theft of just a phone. The aim of the NMPCU is to combat all levels of crime involving phones, from those that steal, handle and reprogram phones to those that export mobiles abroad.
It is intended that members of the NMPCU will be able to "gather, develop and spread relevant intelligence" about those people and groups who are committing crimes and "put in place operational activity to stop them".
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears, Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin from the Metropolitan Police Service and Jack Wraith, Chairman of the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum, launched the initiative this morning.
Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin, the ACPO lead for mobile phone theft, said: "We have said right from the start of our clamp down on mobile phone theft that it is vital to see all the organisations involved in this working together side by side.
"It is vital to bring about a long term reduction in the levels of mobile phone thefts and street crime. Through this joint intelligence picture I am confident that we can go a long in removing the infrastructures that support these crimes."
A new phase of the industry Immobilise campaign will start in the New Year (2004). The campaign has simple message - Stolen mobiles don't work anymore - and promotes a single number: 08701 123 123, to report lost or stolen mobiles.
(gmcg)
The National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU), based in London, is made up of representatives from police forces across the country, other law enforcement agencies and members of the mobile phone industry.
Half of all street crime involves the theft of a mobile phone, and almost one third of these crimes involves the theft of just a phone. The aim of the NMPCU is to combat all levels of crime involving phones, from those that steal, handle and reprogram phones to those that export mobiles abroad.
It is intended that members of the NMPCU will be able to "gather, develop and spread relevant intelligence" about those people and groups who are committing crimes and "put in place operational activity to stop them".
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears, Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin from the Metropolitan Police Service and Jack Wraith, Chairman of the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum, launched the initiative this morning.
Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin, the ACPO lead for mobile phone theft, said: "We have said right from the start of our clamp down on mobile phone theft that it is vital to see all the organisations involved in this working together side by side.
"It is vital to bring about a long term reduction in the levels of mobile phone thefts and street crime. Through this joint intelligence picture I am confident that we can go a long in removing the infrastructures that support these crimes."
A new phase of the industry Immobilise campaign will start in the New Year (2004). The campaign has simple message - Stolen mobiles don't work anymore - and promotes a single number: 08701 123 123, to report lost or stolen mobiles.
(gmcg)
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