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An International ‘Hub’ of Resale of Stolen Mobile Phones Falls in Barcelona

Summary by El Pais
They were two receivers, especially pre-eminent, with contacts with two computers, especially smart. The former led a network of floors to which the multi-recident thieves ran to get rid of the still hot cell phone they had just stolen in the street; the latter had created a software, which they offered under subscription, to also try to swindle the desperate owners of the stolen phones. Mossos d’Esquadra have hit a structure settled in Barcelon…

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They were two receivers, especially pre-eminent, with contacts with two computers, especially smart. The former led a network of floors to which the multi-recident thieves ran to get rid of the still hot cell phone they had just stolen in the street; the latter had created a software, which they offered under subscription, to also try to swindle the desperate owners of the stolen phones. Mossos d’Esquadra have hit a structure settled in Barcelon…

·Spain
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A criminal organization dedicated to the trafficking of stolen mobile phones has been disbanded in Barcelona following a complex police operation developed by the Mossos d’Esquadra. The network, which operated mainly from the Raval neighborhood, had international connections and sent stolen devices to Morocco and China, where they were resold or reused on the black market. The investigation, which began in early 2023 after several reports of rob…

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There are about twenty people arrested, accused of being part of a gang that also deceived victims to steal their mobile phone data.

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From Barcelona to Morocco and to China. They are the routes of stolen mobile phones in the Catalan capital that are then sent by criminal networks to North Africa or Asia to be sold whole or parts on the black market depending on their destination. Mossos d’Esquadra have announced today that they have dismantled “the criminal structures” dedicated to receiving these stolen devices in Barcelona and then send them out of the country. Continue read…

·Granada, Spain
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La Vanguardia broke the news in Granada, Spain on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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