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How One Stolen iPhone Led UK Police to Dismantle Gang Smuggling 40,000 Devices to China

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Stolen iPhone Led UK Police to Dismantle Gang

In a twist straight out of a high-stakes thriller, a single stolen iPhone became the linchpin in one of the UK’s most ambitious crackdowns on organized crime. On Christmas Eve 2024, a London resident’s desperate use of Apple’s Find My feature pinpointed their missing device to a nondescript warehouse near Heathrow Airport. What started as … Read more

17-Year-Old Wang Shangkun Permanently Disabled After Selling Kidney to Buy iPhone 4 and iPad 2

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Wang Shangkun

In a stark reminder of the perils of illegal organ trafficking, Wang Shangkun, a 17-year-old from Changde in China’s Hunan province, made a fateful decision in early 2011. Desperate to own the latest Apple gadgets amid a wave of consumer frenzy, he sold one of his kidneys on the black market for 20,000 yuan—approximately $3,200 … Read more