Where do buyers commonly get their stolen Jewelry, guns and electronics from from? Any reasercher who ever looks into this askes themself the question and so they check with the police or FBI to do a search on where stolen goods end up. Answer: PAWNSHOPS LISTED IN THE YELLOW PAGES!
In case you don't know, the yellowpages is a hugly popular listing of businesses run usually by the evil irresponsible theft loving phone company.
The (Insert competing interest here) agrees with the findings that the yellow pages is the big daddy for fencing stolen goods.
And the Yellow Pages' response? A spokeswoman said that her company wasn't responsible for goods sold by its listees, and that it's the police's' responsibility to identify illegal operations, ("it's left to the law enforcement to find all instances of fencing stolen items by Yellow Pages advertisers").
The phone company''s advice to the the public? Use security systems to protect your valuables and mark everything.
Thanks to Tim for the hint!
Just as valid, and just as much not worthy of being called news.
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