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News & ArtsTuesday, November 10, 2009
Crime / Drugs / Money Burners
Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Spanish mobile operators last night cut off an estimated three to four million pre-pay mobile phones whose owners had not followed government instructions to register their devices.The mandatory scheme - in which all pre-pay mobiles have to be assigned to an ID document - was a reaction to the terrorist attacks of 11 March 2004, where the perpetrators used such phones to activate bombs on several trains in Madrid, killing 191.
According to El País, the pre-pay total on all the disconnected phones could be around €25m, but I wonder how much it will cost the illegal drug trade.
h/t: the Register
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im so sick of burners. go die in the salt flats you funky weird freakjobs.
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