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Inside the violent world of London's luxury watch thieves | BBC News
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4:10Now PlayingMore than £50m worth of watches were reported stolen in London, UK in 2022, according to a Metropolitan Police FOI.
In the first six months of 2023 alone, 3,190 watches were reported stolen in the capital according to the Met - with a fifth of the thefts involving violence against the victim.
With many luxury watches having serial numbers on them - making them easy to trace - it is known that a lot of the timepieces make it out of the country to places such as Paris, Romania and Dubai.
In a BBC Three documentary, journalist Tir Dhondy explores the underground world of luxury watch thefts and how the gangs operate.
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