Soaring copper prices
With copper prices soaring, the United States to steal the grid, copper active communication facilities, transportation centers, and emergency power generation equipment rampant. On the "Business Weekly" cover story in the latest issue of the Dallas police records how crazy the fight against crime, impunity.
Receive stolen between 3339 Dallas from 2002 to 2007, the average copper from the annual report. Although the number of thefts has dropped slightly in 2008, but still amounted to 2400 onwards. Country theft and waste materials processing plant began around stealing copper. Thieves 3 years ago, resulting in 17 eastern Virginia and North Carolina 130 communication stations out of service. Ohio Daoge copper thieves even flight control tower, causing great harm to flight communications. They demolished Arizona irrigation system, so $ 10 million loss, damage hey harvest. Thieves also stole 5 hurricane copper Missouri alarm system, so local residents can not be advance warning to avoid a disaster.
The maximum loss caused by theft of copper is not stolen value, but the maintenance costs. According to the conservation organization of the industry, the North American Electric Reliability Council of risk management experts said that after every dollar stolen facility maintenance costs amounted to 10-15 billion dollars. In response, the FBI issued a special warning that the activities continue to occur around the copper theft constitutes a significant risk to public and national security.
Receive stolen between 3339 Dallas from 2002 to 2007, the average copper from the annual report. Although the number of thefts has dropped slightly in 2008, but still amounted to 2400 onwards. Country theft and waste materials processing plant began around stealing copper. Thieves 3 years ago, resulting in 17 eastern Virginia and North Carolina 130 communication stations out of service. Ohio Daoge copper thieves even flight control tower, causing great harm to flight communications. They demolished Arizona irrigation system, so $ 10 million loss, damage hey harvest. Thieves also stole 5 hurricane copper Missouri alarm system, so local residents can not be advance warning to avoid a disaster.
The maximum loss caused by theft of copper is not stolen value, but the maintenance costs. According to the conservation organization of the industry, the North American Electric Reliability Council of risk management experts said that after every dollar stolen facility maintenance costs amounted to 10-15 billion dollars. In response, the FBI issued a special warning that the activities continue to occur around the copper theft constitutes a significant risk to public and national security.
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