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There has been a
of muggings in cities across the globe as
are focusing on a new item to steal – luxury coats. In
weeks, people in London, Washington DC and other metropolitan
have been robbed of their coats at
. One man in Birmingham in the UK was slashed across his
as thieves made off with his jacket. Criminals are targeting coats that cost as much as $2,200
. As well as
stealing the coats off people's backs, thieves are breaking into people's
. Professor David Wilson, a criminologist at Birmingham City University, warned that the muggings were the start of a new "luxury crime trend". He said the
were "worrying".
