圣保罗10月20日电——巴西内容创作者塔巴塔·伦克（Tabata Lenk）刚被圣保罗的一家公司解雇，当时她正坐在堵车的车流中，两名骑摩托车的袭击者砸碎了她的车窗，从仪表盘上抢走了她崭新的手机。
SAO PAULO, Oct 20 - Brazilian content creator Tabata Lenk had just been fired from her job in Sao Paulo, and was sitting in traffic, when two motorcycle assailants smashed her car window and snatched her brand new cellphone from the dashboard.
伦克表示，这段记录这起发生在8月下旬抢劫案的行车记录仪画面迅速在网上疯传。反应表明，这一城市滋扰问题已成为今年总统选举的决定性议题之一；根据巴西公共安全论坛（Brazilian Public Security Forum）的数据，尽管手机盗窃案自2023年以来一直在下降，但去年仍有约83万起登记在册的案件。
Footage of the late-August robbery, recorded on her dashcam, immediately became viral, Lenk said. The reaction points to how an urban nuisance has become one of the defining issues of this year's presidential election, even as phone thefts have been falling since 2023, there were still some 830,000 registered last year, according to the Brazilian Public Security Forum.
根据该论坛的数据，过去10年里，巴西的凶杀率下降了40%，2025年降至每10万人中有15.4起，而手机盗窃案则提醒人们，在为超过2.1亿人口带来安全感方面，这个国家仍有很长的路要走。
With Brazil's homicide rate falling by 40% over the last 10 years, to 15.4 per 100,000 people in 2025, according to the Forum, cellphone theft serves as a reminder of how far the country still has to go in bringing a sense of security to its over 210 million people.
3月份的一项民意调查显示，手机盗窃仍然排在巴西人安全担忧的第四位，排在流弹和入室盗窃之前。
Cellphone theft still ranks as Brazilians' No. 4 safety concern, a March survey showed, ahead of stray bullets and burglaries.
总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦（Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva）与其右翼挑战者弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗（Flavio Bolsonaro）将于下周日在一个势均力敌的总统选举决胜轮投票中对决，两人都在争相展现自己对手机小偷态度强硬。
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, who will face off in a tight presidential run-off vote next Sunday, have both been jockeying to show they are tough on phone thieves.
现任总统卢拉今年早些时候签署了一项法律，将盗窃电子产品的刑期提高到最高10年监禁，并推出了用于设备和报告盗窃案的平台，而博尔索纳罗则提议最低判处8年监禁。
Incumbent Lula signed a law earlier this year raising sentences for stolen electronics to up to 10 years in prison and launched a platform to devices and report thefts, while Bolsonaro has proposed a minimum eight-year prison sentence.
卢拉在一次电视讲话中表示：“我只想把矛头对准小偷以及买卖（被盗）手机的店铺，我不想伤害出于生活必需而购买它的无辜之人。”
"I only want to take aim at the thief and the store that buys and sells the (stolen) phone, I don't want to harm the innocent person who bought it out of necessity," Lula said in a televised address.
博尔索纳罗在第一轮投票后的一场直播中表示：“手机小偷是要进监狱的。”
"The cellphone thief is going to jail," Bolsonaro said in a livestream after the first-round vote.
伦克表示，抢劫发生后，她感到极不安全，直到给车窗贴了膜，她才敢独自开车。
Lenk said she felt so unsafe after the robbery that she only returned to driving alone after getting her windows tinted.
“任何人都不应该害怕离开家门、在街上行走，或使用自己的手机，”伦克说。“因此，我认为选择致力于公共安全的政客至关重要。”巴西人热爱手机在这个世界上最“在线”的国家之一，社交媒体和电子支付主导日常生活，手机已成为不可或缺的装备。
"No one should be afraid to leave their house, walk in the street, or use their own cell phone," Lenk said. "So, I believe choosing politicians committed to public safety is essential." BRAZILIANS LOVE THEIR PHONES In one of the world's most online countries, where social media and e-payments dominate daily life, the cellphone has become an indispensable piece of kit.
圣保罗大学暴力研究中心的研究员娜塔莎·巴希尼·佩雷拉表示，手机盗窃的普遍性解释了其政治影响力。
Natasha Bachini Pereira, a researcher at the University of Sao Paulo's Center for the Study of Violence, said the prevalence of cellphone theft explained its political impact.
“认识、或遭遇过手机被盗案件的人，远比认识、或遭遇过汽车被盗、凶杀或绑架案件的人要多得多，”佩雷拉说。巴西手机价格昂贵，更换成本也高。
"It's far more common for someone to know of, or have been exposed to, a case of cellphone theft than a car theft, a homicide, or a kidnapping," Pereira said. Phones are expensive in Brazil, and so is replacing them.
德意志银行的研究发现，关税、税收和货币疲软导致巴西拥有全球第二贵的 iPhone 17 Pro —— 新机零售价约 2260 美元，而美国仅为 1181 美元。
Research from Deutsche Bank found tariffs, taxes, and currency weakness mean Brazil has the world's second-most expensive iPhone 17 Pro — with a new one retailing at around $2,260, compared with $1,181 in the United States.
即便是较便宜的手机，对许多巴西人来说也是一笔巨大开支。市场数据公司 IDC 称，2025 年巴西手机平均零售价约为 2310 雷亚尔（约合 456.83 美元），约占巴西平均月收入的三分之二。窃贼往往对访问网上银行的兴趣，不亚于对手机设备本身的兴趣。
Even more modest phones represent a huge outlay for many Brazilians. An average cellphone retailed for around 2,310 reais ($456.83) in 2025, according to market data firm IDC, which is about two-thirds of Brazil's average monthly income. Thieves are often just as interested in accessing online banking as the device itself.
随着巴西数字金融服务迅速扩张 —— 由央行的 Pix 支付系统推动 —— 涉及被盗设备的欺诈案件激增，据致力于推动公共安全政策的非营利组织“论坛”统计，从 2024 年到 2025 年增长了两倍多。
As digital financial services have expanded rapidly in Brazil – driven by the central bank's Pix payment system – fraud involving stolen devices has exploded, more than quadrupling from 2024 to 2025, according to the Forum, a non-profit to promote public safety policies.
伦克的手机被盗后，罪犯利用 Pix 从她的银行账户转走了 2000 雷亚尔。
After criminals stole Lenk's phone, they took 2,000 reais from her bank account, using Pix.
“手机被盗遭遇暴力已让人痛苦，但意识到有人侵犯了你的隐私，并设法从你的账户盗取钱财，简直令人痛苦不堪，”伦克说。
"It's terrible to experience the violence of having your cell phone stolen, but realizing that someone invaded your privacy and managed to steal money from your account is downright agonizing," Lenk said.
搜救工作 巴西公共安全论坛援引州当局的数据称，作为巴西人口最多的州，圣保罗州占全国手机盗窃总数的近三分之一，去年被盗手机达268,184部。
RECOVERY EFFORTS As Brazil's most populous state, Sao Paulo accounts for almost a third of all phone thefts nationwide, the Brazilian Public Security Forum says, with 268,184 nabbed last year, citing data from state authorities.
协调寻回失窃手机工作的民警长罗多尔夫·拉蒂夫·塞巴表示，圣保罗各地的警察正致力于“以最强有力的方式”防范手机盗窃，“并改善公共安全”。
Police across Sao Paulo are working to prevent phone theft "in the strongest possible way and improve public safety," said Rodolfo Latif Sebba, a civil police chief who is coordinating efforts to find stolen phones.
尽管如此，只有极小一部分被盗设备被归还给失主。警方表示，从2025年6月到今年9月23日，圣保罗州警方共找回38,028部手机，并将11,445部设备归还给盗窃受害者。
Still, just a fraction of stolen devices are returned to their rightful owners. Between June 2025 and September 23 this year, police in Sao Paulo state recovered 38,028 cellphones and returned 11,445 devices to theft victims, the police said.
17岁的学生娜塔莉亚·爱德华达·班文多在警察找到她被偷的手机时，简直不敢相信。
Student Natalia Eduarda Benvindo, 17, could not believe it when police found her stolen phone.
“我问：‘你们在开玩笑吗？’”班文多说，“我当时简直不敢相信，哇！我真的很高兴。”路透社
"I asked, 'are you joking?'" Benvindo said. "I couldn't even believe it at the time, wow! I was really happy." REUTERS