translated from Spanish: Operations against sale of stolen cell phones to begin Friday

From this Friday, July 26, the operations in tianguis will begin to ensure that there are no sale of stolen cell phones, where nine out of 10 devices arrive.
The operation will be carried out gradually at 16 points, where they will begin to intervene to identify the criminal gangs.
Devices found without the holder being able to verify their legal origin will be seized, mexico City Secretary of Citizen Security Jesús Orta Martínez reported.
Read: CDMX will ban sale of cell phones in tianguis and there will be heabuts stronger for equipment theft
In six of the main metropolitan areas of Mexico only 10% of cell phone users have their IMEI number registered, which allows to lock the devices in case of theft or loss.
The Mexican Association of Companies of Clothing Services (Amespre) on Thursday presented a campaign in conjunction with Profeco so that mobile phone users know their IMEI number and their device can be resold on the black market called “Report of Courage.”
The IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is a set of 15 unique digits and its function is to identify each computer worldwide.
You can know your IMEI by dialing from the phone *#06, as well as through a call to Locatel or in the CDMX government’s Alameda Central mobile app.
Read: Cell phone theft, rising in The CDMX: What to do when your phone is taken away?
On July 9, a decree was issued to ban the sale of cell phones in tianguis in this city.
In the public transport system is where the theft of these equipment most occurs, but especially in the facilities of the Collective Transport System (STC) Metro, where more than 40 bands operating in the different stations have been secured.
The theft of the devices occurs most often in the stations Pino Suárez, Hidalgo, Tacuba, Chabacano, Pantitlán and Green Indians, due to the concentration of users.
 
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Original source in Spanish