Find My iPhone enabled police to catch gang smuggling 40,000 phones to China

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By Ben LovejoyOct 7, 2025, 7:08 am241 pts
We hear occasional good news stories where somebody is able to use Find My iPhone to track a stolen device and successfully recover it, but a new record has been set when tracking a single iPhone led to a gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones to China. The iPhone was tracked to an airport…

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