New initiative to crack down on stolen mobile phones

The police, in cooperation with mobile phone operators have announced the creation of a nationwide blacklist of stolen mobile phones. The police also declared that they will launch a nationwide hunt for hackers changing the codes in the stolen mobiles. "The police have analyzed the European regulations on how to fight the thefts of mobiles. In other countries mobile operators sign agreements with the police. In Great Britain there is a separate "mobile law". The reintroduction of the black list which failed to succeed earlier is not the only project of the joint police-operators team," said Era's public Affairs director Antoni Mielniczuk. The operators have also decided to promote the idea of blocking mobiles by way of the subscribers using an individual four figure number. Such an option is possible in every phone. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.Z.