Even in its damaged state, the piece will be instantly recognisable so that the thief, or an unscrupulous dealer, would have trouble in selling it.

The recordation of property rights becomes particularly significant where an unscrupulous dealer in land purports to sell the same tract of land multiple times.

But lockdown restrictions have allowed these rules to be dodged and unscrupulous dealers to thrive.

Unscrupulous dealers will sometimes sell you just enough hardware or software to get you hooked (sometimes at a great price), knowing that you'll be back later.

The pair insist they were naively duped into supplying aircraft parts to unscrupulous dealers and said they face financial ruin if the authorities claw back the proceeds of crime.