More 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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UK is bloody joke for law and order,no wonder young people there carry guns and knife. How deprived and sick society in UK.
People are selfish and cruel when causing war in Ukraine and Palestine (Disobeying God)
Oh look….innocent George Floyd types…..supporters of Sadiq Khan.
3rd world country
“Noticed he was carrying a large machete so we kept the interview short”. 🤣
I was in London last year and a guy was mugged for his Rolex outside my hotel window. He was sent to hospital after having been stabbed. Poor chap 😢
So the Word of Tate is banned in schools Basically Andrew saying Work hard be respectful think Ways how you can make money no wonder why the uk such a Failed society
It's sad to say but if you're wearing £15,000-£100,000 on your wrist what do you expect? It's pretty obscene buying a watch worth that much.
As the globalist's turn Britain into a giant industrial estate serviced by workers living in high density favela living conditions, Kabul will be a safer place to walk the streets than London.
London fell a long time ago. 🪦
bbc, why in london business for luxury watch high when there is big ben?
What a strange organisation the BBC have become.
A video about watch theives in London…. completely boring, predictable and irrelevant, just like the BBC. There's so much happening in Britain right now that deserves coverage, this is your idea of 'edgy' content.
You're not VICE.
TV licence proposal will be the beginning of the end I dare say.
Good riddance
What I want to know is who needs a watch if they have a phone in their pocket that tells the time just as well? At this point the watch has largely lost its practical value, and is now mostly an item to flaunt wealth and status.
Some people have just got too much money.
আপনার কথা সঠিক। ফিলিস্তিনের লোকদের কি হবে?—-ভাষা খুঁজে পাইনা ——দোয়া/দরুদ পড়তে হবে —–আললাহপাকের মাইর দুনিয়ার বাইর। আপনার কথা বাস্তব।। ধন্যবাদ
Luxury watches are all about ego and showiness. A $50 Casio or Citizen keeps better time and offers more complications than a Rolex. Showing off your wealth will get you every time!
Government failure since 2005s
Welcome to London lol😂 disgusting place to be
Who cares you get time on phone last time I check or look at big ben
That’s why I don’t wear watches
The deep economic crisis in the UK has triggered a wave of criminal activities !
The UK cities have the highest crime rate in Europe !
He was carrying a machete so he was armed to attack and steal.
If only people knew that these luxury watches cost peanuts to make. Only the brand name is of value and artificially created by marketing.
Looads of fake rolexs snides
Why not keep a surveillance on the shops that buy these stolen watches.
BBC pussy footing again. Reveal who they are. They will not change.
I have a casio
Black.
Diversity is our strength.
London is and will be Hell on earth
Invest in gold
Instead.
Like from Russia!😃
Yeah I watched about half an hour of this before smelling a rat. Interesting that the BBC can achieve what the police can't and track down and interview these criminals. Also, if they really did, why didn't they inform the police, especially when one allegedly turned up with a firearm. Nah. I call BS. Watch theft if a real problem for sure but I believe this program was just glammed up drama using actors instead of criminals.
Why waste your money on a cheap flashy Rolex ? We only but Patek Philippe. So much classier and 'old money'. We're special.
Whilst I don’t see the sense in spending so much on a watch, that’s not to say people should not be able to wear expensive goods on their person for fear of being robbed. If I was the judge it’d be ten years in jail no questions asked. It’s inexcusable. It’s not hard to stop this. Really it’s not.
“I regretted instantly.” Yes, I know, I trust in you. Ok, ok. I will pretend that I believe.
I hate it when these things happen
Funny how police cant catch them but a rv crew can film
You can't have the richness of cultural diversity and an expensive time piece, it is one of the prices that must be paid, the arrogance of indoor plumbing must be abandoned if one is to fully embrace the benefits of other cultures.
There’s going to be more crime with the poverty rising
Well if you're wearing 10k plus on your posh pleby limp wrist your ganna get jacked. Fact
London a real sh*t hole.
Always AFRO suspects
Clearly legit. Not actors at all. 🤔
The London mayor didn't know anything about this crime
80% of that 50 million are insurance scams/rip offs by the owners of the watches themselves
That's why I stopped wearing my luxury watches (thinking of selling them later). I just wear my seiko or casio g shock. Dont have to worry about getting mugged or getting them damaged.
UK capital of thieves
Tip to ppl out there in these desperate times if you dangle meat in front of a hungry dog it’ll attack 👍🏻
What a shithole London is.