Such a system does not replace the registration of incident reports with law enforcement authorities and the platform will have a website and an application.
With the new service, victims can block their cell phone, telephone line and banking transactions with just a few clicks.
Each registered person can specify security contacts who can block if the owner has stolen the cell phone.
The recording of incidents in the system does not replace the police report.
The National Telecommunications Agency, financial institutions and private entities are partners in the campaign.
From this moment on, telephone companies can interrupt the IMEI (unique code for each object) of the stolen device.
These companies can also close the lines until February.
According to the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, the South American giant recorded a 16 percent increase in this type of crime in 2022 compared to the previous year, in which 2,321 devices were stolen or stolen every day, bringing the total to 847,000 for the entire calendar.
Compared to 2020, there were 22,000 more cases, but the numbers are lower than in previous years.
The big difference, of course, was the Covid-19 pandemic, when the majority of the population was isolated and had fewer opportunities for crime.
According to Department Secretary Ricardo Cappelli, cell phone robbery and theft are “among the crimes that most affect the Brazilian population today.”
He described the new system as an emergency call button that would turn the cell phone “into a useless piece of metal.”
For Cappelli, “the cell phone turned out to be the greatest asset that people carry with them every day. Not just the device, but also the data it contains, such as credit card, bank details and personal information,” he explained.
Currently, the mobile device acts as a portal in which the person is housed throughout his life. “We saw the need to intervene in this reality,” the official emphasized.
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