Cycle Security-Todays London Paper

I know a lovely girl at work who bought a bike there and it was undoubtedly stolen. She even realises that.

The thing is, she's not evil or malicious but thinking that it's easier to get one there then to buy one from a shop. I can only say so much and tell her it's likely to be nicked again given her locking style. There is a market for it. Hitting the buyers is far more likely to yield returns than hitting the thieves.

exactly, there's no specfic kind of people who buy those bike, it's anyone, and they know it's stolen/likely to be stolen, unless they're really that stupid.

if buyer don't buy stolen bicycle, then the theft can't make any money, and will have to think twice. but of course, it's a lots harder to convinced a lots of people to not buy stolen bike.