Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/europe/phone-theft-threats-london.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lFA.OUt7.VJ_FoDpINr0L
Thieves Are Texting Threats to Victims of iPhone Theft in London
Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg, reporting for The New York Times (gift link):
The crime Alex Pikula reported to the police was one they had
heard before: An e-bike rider had zoomed past as Mr. Pikula left a
theater in London’s West End, ripping his phone from his hands. It
Link to:…
One officer said pickpockets fly in from abroad and fly out once they've amassed a haul of phones.
Link to: https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-phone-thieves-prefer-android-iphone-l
The stunned pedestrian chased after them in Knightsbridge, west London but was forced to give up when the thieves zoomed off.
London's Metropolitan Police are trying to crack down on sophisticated criminal networks that are snatching phones off the…
An organised crime gang was behind ‘industrial scale’ theft of phones being shipped to China, Met Police say
