Welcome
to the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit
Current crime statistics reveal that
a mobile telephone is stolen
in about half of all street crime and in approximately a third of
cases it is the only property stolen.
In response, The National Mobile
Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU) was officially launched in December 2003.
Our main aim is to reduce street crime and
the number of mobile phones stolen during these offences by tackling
those involved in Mobile Phone criminality; principally the handlers,
re-programmers and exporters of stolen mobile phones.
Working in partnership with the Government,
the Telecomms Industry, other Law Enforcement Agencies and the Media,
the NMPCU intends to disrupt and reduce the opportunity for theft
of mobile phones and address the false reporting of mobile phone
crime.
The priority areas for the NMPCU’s 2009/2010 Strategy are:
- Identify, Develop and Disseminate National Intelligence for
Mobile Phone Criminality
- Provide Ongoing Threat Assessments of New and Emerging Mobile
Phone Technologies
- Develop Tactics to Support the Investigation of Serious
Violent and Acquisitive Crime
- Identify Areas for Improvement and Intervention and Make
Recommendations to National Partners, in Respect of the National
Mobile Phone Register (NMPR) and the Handset Blocking Process
- Identify, Initiate and Support Enforcement Activities against
Exporters of Stolen Mobile Phones
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