ロンドンで多発　「6分に1台」携帯電話の盗難　観光客狙われるケースも…　(2023年8月11日)

Frequent occurrence in London A mobile phone is stolen every 6 minutes There are cases where tourists are the target... (2023/08/11)

1009 view

イギリス・ロンドンで多発する携帯電話の盗難に現地警察が警戒を呼び掛けています。
Local police are calling for increased vigilance against the frequent mobile phone thefts in London, England.
ロンドンでは「6分間に1台」携帯電話が盗まれているということです。　
In London, a mobile phone is stolen every six minutes.
ロンドン警視庁は去年、ロンドンで携帯電話が盗まれる事件が約3万9000件発生し、窃盗事件全体の68％に上ったと発表しました。　
Last year, the Metropolitan Police said there were around 39,000 mobile phone thefts in London, accounting for 68 per cent of the total.
6分間に1台の割合で携帯電話が盗まれているということです。　
That means a cell phone is stolen every six minutes.
観光スポットで海外からの観光客が狙われるケースも多く報告されています。　
There have been many reports of foreign tourists being targeted at tourist attractions.
強盗事件に発展する場合もあり、足を刺され携帯電話を奪われた被害者が死亡する事例や、携帯電話を奪われた際に腹部を蹴られた妊婦が流産するなどといった被害が確認されています。　
It can develop into a robbery, there have been confirmed cases of victims dying after being stabbed in the leg and having a mobile phone robbed, as well as the case of a pregnant woman who had a miscarriage and was kicked in the stomach when her phone was
今年も携帯電話の窃盗事件は増加していて、
Mobile phone thefts are on the rise again this year
ロンドン市とロンドン警視庁は「転売があまりにも簡単で収益性が高い」ことが事件増加の一因だとして、携帯電話事業者へ対策を要請しました。
and the City of London and the Metropolitan Police have asked mobile phone operators to take measures, they say that "reselling is so easy and profitable" is one of the reasons for the increase in cases.

イギリス・ロンドンで多発する携帯電話の盗難に現地警察が警戒を呼び掛けています。

警察

Police; police officer; police station

警戒

Vigilance, precaution, watch, lookout, alertness; to be vigilant, to be cautious, to guard (against)

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

現地

Actual place, local, on-site

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

多発

Repeated occurrence

盗難

Theft, robbery
ロンドンでは「6分間に1台」携帯電話が盗まれているということです。　

台

Stand, rack, table; support; belt; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level), range (e.g. after physical units), period (of time, e.g. a decade of one''s life)

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

分間

~ minutes interval
ロンドン警視庁は去年、ロンドンで携帯電話が盗まれる事件が約3万9000件発生し、窃盗事件全体の68％に上ったと発表しました。　

発表

Announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one''s opinion), releasing, unveiling

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

事件

Event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal

全体

Whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter)

件

Matter, case, item, affair, subject

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

去年

Last year

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

万

Many, all

発生

Outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence; generation (e.g. of power or heat), genesis, origin; ontogeny, development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

警視庁

Metropolitan police department (esp. tokyo)

窃盗

Theft, stealing, larceny
6分間に1台の割合で携帯電話が盗まれているということです。　

割合

Rate, ratio, percentage, proportion; comparatively; contrary to expectations

台

Stand, rack, table; support; belt; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level), range (e.g. after physical units), period (of time, e.g. a decade of one''s life)

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

分間

~ minutes interval
観光スポットで海外からの観光客が狙われるケースも多く報告されています。　

客

Guest, visitor; customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger

報告

Report, information

海外

Foreign, abroad, overseas

観光

Sightseeing

ケース

Case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); computer-aided software engineering, case

多く

Many, much, largely, abundantly, mostly

スポット

Spot; spot advertisement, spot advertising; spot news; spotlight
強盗事件に発展する場合もあり、足を刺され携帯電話を奪われた被害者が死亡する事例や、携帯電話を奪われた際に腹部を蹴られた妊婦が流産するなどといった被害が確認されています。　

場合

Case, situation

発展

Development, growth, advancement, unfurling; expansion, extension, enlargement; playing around, having an active sex life

被害

(suffering) damage, injury, harm

者

Person

確認

Confirmation, verification, validation, review, check, affirmation, identification

強盗

Robber, mugger; robbery, burglary

際

On the occasion of, circumstances, juncture

事件

Event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal

死亡

Death, mortality; to die, to pass away

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

足

Foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money, coin

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

腹部

Abdomen

妊婦

Pregnant woman

事例

Example, precedent, case

流産

Miscarriage, (spontaneous) abortion, abortive birth
今年も携帯電話の窃盗事件は増加していて、

事件

Event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal

増加

Increase, increment, addition

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

今年

This year

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

窃盗

Theft, stealing, larceny
ロンドン市とロンドン警視庁は「転売があまりにも簡単で収益性が高い」ことが事件増加の一因だとして、携帯電話事業者へ対策を要請しました。

簡単

Simple, easy, uncomplicated; brief, quick, light

市

City

者

Person

事件

Event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal

性

Nature (of a person); sex; gender; -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy

増加

Increase, increment, addition

対策

Measure, provision, step, countermeasure, counterplan, countermove

事業

Project, enterprise, business, industry, operations, venture, service; act, deed, conduct

携帯

Something carried (in the hand), handheld, portable; mobile telephone, cell phone

高い

High, tall; expensive

電話

Telephone call, phone call; telephone (device), phone

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

要請

Appeal, call for something, request, claim, demand; axiom

収益

Earnings, proceeds, returns, revenue

一因

Cause

警視庁

Metropolitan police department (esp. tokyo)

転売

resale