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Re:The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California H... by vkou on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:50PM (#18008824)
If the police really wanted to deal with property crime, they'd go after the pawn shops and the fences, and the scrappers buying stolen copper.

No, that wouldn't stop people stealing things for their own use, but it would hit the professional thieves hard.

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Re:The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California H... by wahern on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:02PM (#18009479)
A robbery ring was recently broken where their M.O. was to ship stolen laptops off to Vietnam.

  https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Fremont-Detectives-Bust-International-Theft-Ring-With-Millions-in-Stolen-Electronics-472047833.html
Perhaps local fences still matter a great deal, but it seems like they're becoming increasingly less important.
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