January 12, 2005
Website fights mobile phone crime
In the UK, a new website has been launched to help combat mobile phone crime, informs BBC News.
Mobile phone owners can register their details on the National Mobile Phone Register free of charge.
The service will allow stolen or lost handsets to be matched with their owners. It will also make it easier for mobile phone thieves to be prosecuted.
Registration involves typing in the mobile phone's 15-digit IMEI number (serial number). When a mobile phone is recovered, the IMEI number is checked against the register and the police contact the owner if any 'hits' are retrieved.
During a pilot test of the system, over 2,000 mobile phones were linked back to their original owners.
According to statistics released last year an average of 328 mobile phones are stolen in London every day, half of them from under 18s.
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