Theft of copper on the rise in Seine-et-Marne, too! Soaring flights of copper met for the first time on February 3 the record low of 10,000 dollars (7,420 euros) per tonne in London. If the number of metal theft has already doubled in 2010 compared to 2009, it is feared that the copper, which represents in France two-thirds of metal theft, attracting more and more greed. In September 2010, SNCF counted forty flights per week cable and assessed his damages at several million euros. The police colonel Stéphane Ottavi, director of the Central Office for Combating crime against traveling (OCLDI) recently noted "The flights follow the evolution of copper prices so amazing" (source: the new plant). 15 days ago, traffic in North TGV Thalys trains and between France and the Benelux countries had already been disrupted due to a large theft of cables and optical fibers near Paris. This weekend, the SNCF, which has already signed an agreement with the police who will use helicopters to monitor the railroads in particular in the Paris region, has filed a complaint for theft of copper cables 15km committed between January 14 and February 17, 2011 rights of way located on the spring of several communes of Seine-et-Marne (77) and Val-de-Marne (94). The damage is estimated at around 460,000 euros. The investigation was entrusted to the Directorate of Security near Paris area (DSPAP). Source: AP via http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/societe/20110218.FAP5236/ile-de-france-15km-de-cables-de-cuivre-voles-a-la-sncf.html
http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/quand-le-cuivre-s-envole.N141023
http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/vols-de-cuivre-des-helicopteres-de-la -Gendarmerie-for-sncf.N146575
Photo Credit: Concealment. Recyclers are seen as the weakest link in the chain
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