iPods targeted in latest crime wave

The iPod craze has spawned a crime wave in New York subways.

Police told the city transportation board that 50 iPods had been reported stolen on the subways this year, compared with none during the same period last year.

Cellphone thefts had more than doubled to 165 from 82 last year.

The thefts fuelled a 20 per cent increase in robberies last month on the subway, officials said.