Stole Me

A website to help people recover lost or stolen property has been launched in New Zealand.

Stole Me is a national register of stolen property and pets.

It provides a notice board for people whose whose property has been lost or stolen and also enables would-be buyers of second-hand goods to check if they’ve been listed as stolen.

An email alerting me to this website explains:

This initiative is the result of the personal experience of the couple, who were the victims of crime themselves. When their boat was stolen they were unable to find any way to inform the public and wider community of the theft. But they believed they would have a better chance of recovering their boat if it was spotted by a member of the public who could then alert them or the police. They also considered that the establishment of a service such as Stole Me would significantly reduce the ability to trade in stolen goods.

It’s a simple but effective way to help with the recovery of lost or stolen property and to make it more difficult for thieves to trade what they’ve stolen.