Thief Trackers

A DVD player is stolen from a donation bag outside a London charity shop, and the tracking data reveals that the thief lives nearby.

When a young woman is robbed of her laptop, the tracker reveals its curious journey around London's theater district; elsewhere, the police explain how they caught a rogue scrap metal dealer as he chopped up stolen memorials.

Two bicycles stolen in London are traced to the East End, where one is seemingly sold to an innocent member of the public; elsewhere, a Sunderland mother helps to convict the vendor of a stolen smartphone after buying it online for £300.

A smartphone is stolen and disappears into the backstreets of Soho.

A tablet computer is stolen and sold to an innocent member of the public.

A designer handbag is stolen from a restaurant and is tracked to flats in South London.