800,000 phones are stolen annually in the UK. A large number are blocked using the imei number but it hasnt stymied the increase in stolen phones. BBC have an interesting article on reasons that they are still being taken.
Any security software can be broken and many phones are shipped abroad, the thief if involved in a burgulary takes anything they can get their hands on.

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