TikTok has become a playground for adolescent bike thieves to taunt devastated owners. By digging into the platform, a BBC probe uncovered a vast network of clips featuring culprits proudly showing off their loot. Far from just bragging, some of these individuals are actually leveraging social media to flip the hot property for cash.
For victims, watching their bikes get paraded like trophies online leaves them feeling completely helpless. It points to a broader trend in Great Britain, where official figures show that under-18s made up over half of all motorcycle theft suspects last year, in cases where the suspect's age was known.
