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一 |     Sophie 编译 警察部长Mark Mitchell说，最近发生的一系列严重的珠宝店抢劫案中，最小的罪犯是只有9岁的孩子。    KAMPALA, Uganda -- Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda's capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new or trying on shoes despite getting pushed around in the crush.Downtown Kampala’s Owino Market has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that Western fashion is superior to what is made at home. Discarded by Europeans and Americans, these clothes are often purchased from wholesalers and then shipped to African countries by middlemen. It's a multimillion-dollar business, with some two-thirds of people in seven countries in East Africa having “purchased at least a portion of their clothes from the secondhand clothing market,” according to a 2017 U.S. Agency for International Development study, the most recent with such details.Despite the popularity, secondhand clothes are facing increasing pushback. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a semi-authoritarian leader who has held power since 1986, declared in August that he was banning imports of used clothing, saying the items are coming “from dead people.” “When a white person dies, they gather their clothes and send them to Africa,” Museveni said.Trade authorities have not yet enforced the president’s order, which needs to be backed by a legal measure such as an executive order. Other African governments also are trying to stop the shipments, saying the business amounts to dumping and undermines the growth of local textile industries. The East African Community trade bloc — consisting of Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda — has recommended banning imports of used apparel since 2016. However, member states have not enforced it at the same pace amid pressure from Washington. In Uganda, the president's order has spread panic among traders, for whom such a ban, if implemented, spells disaster. They hawk used clothes in scores of large open-air markets across the country of 45 million people, at roadside stands and even in shops in malls where it’s possible to buy secondhand clothes marketed as new.The clothes are cheap and drop further in price as traders make room for new shipments: a pair of denim jeans can go for 20 cents, a cashmere scarf for even less.At one of Uganda’s Green Shops, a chain specializing in used clothes, apparel reseller Glen Kalungi shopped for items his customers might want: vintage pants for men and cottony tops for women.“I am a thrift shopper,” he said. “I usually come to these Green Shops to check out clothes because they have the best prices around town.”Kalungi likes to visit on clearance days when he can buy clothes for a fraction of a dollar. Then he sells them at a profit.The chain, whose owners include Europeans, unveils new clothes every two weeks at its three stores. Some of the items are sourced from suppliers in countries including China and Germany, retail manager Allan Zavuga said.“How they collect the clothes, we are not aware of that,” Zavuga said of their suppliers. “But (the clothes) go through all the verification, the fumigation, all that, before they are shipped to Uganda. And we get all documents for that.”The Green Shops are environmentally friendly because they recycle used clothes in bulk, he said.The association of traders in Kampala, known by the acronym KACITA, opposes a firm ban on used apparel, recommending a phased embargo that allows local clothing producers to build capacity to meet demand.Some Ugandan apparel makers, like Winfred Arinaitwe, acknowledge that the quality of locally made fabric is often poor. Not surprisingly, many people would rather buy used clothing, she said. "Because it lasts longer,” she said. “It can easily be seen.”In Owino Market, a ban on used clothes is inconceivable to many, including some who say they don't think the president’s threat was serious.Abdulrashid Ssuuna, who tries to persuade customers in the market to stop by his brother’s used clothing business, said a ban would deny him a livelihood.“It’s like they want to chase us out of the country,” he said of the president’s order. “From these old clothes, we get what to eat. If you say we leave this business, you are saying we go into new clothes. But we can’t afford to go there.”Ssuuna approaches people in Owino Market to urge them to visit the stall where his brother sells used jeans. The market is aggressively competitive, with merchants sitting behind heaps of clothes and shouting words of welcome to possible customers.If he helps his brother sell clothing, “I get something,” said Ssuuna, who started this work after dropping out of high school in 2020.The market is always full of shoppers, but business is unpredictable: Traders must try to anticipate what customers are looking for before they are lured by other sellers. Some days are better than others, said Tadeo Walusimbi, who has been a used-clothes trader for six years. A government ban is simply untenable, he warned. It “will not work for me and for so many people,” Walusimbi said.。         警方最近发起了“黄昏行动（Operation Dusk）”，致力于调查近期发生在珠宝店的违法行为，并在购物中心和商场内外增加警力。         Advertise with us          昨天下午，Mitchell在接受Newstalk ZB的Heather du Plessis-Allan采访时表示，看到这些袭击继续发生，特别是针对珠宝店，尤其是Michael Hill珠宝店，“真的很难过。”          Mitchell说，在最近几起“群体性严重抢劫案”中，最小的罪犯9岁，最大的14岁。         “众所周知，他们携带武器，他们拿着锤子，他们不怕攻击别人，所以我们对此深感担忧。这就是为什么最初的行动是增加警力。”          昨天，英文《先驱报》报道了六名蒙面劫匪——其中一人手持大砍刀——袭击了Manurewa的Glitter jewellers珠宝店，抢走了价值100万纽币的珠宝和黄金，并恐吓了店员和顾客。         监控录像显示，在Anzac日即将打烊前，一群蒙面劫匪挥舞着武器冲进了这家奥克兰南区的商店。         在令人心惊的45秒内，这伙人砸碎了每一个橱柜，把装满珠宝和金手镯的托盘倒进他们的包里，而另外两个人则从商店的货架上扫荡宝石。         前天，五名蒙面武装劫匪，“从头到脚”穿着黑色衣服，袭击了位于奥克兰西区一个购物中心的Michael Hill珠宝店。

二 | 他们用锤子砸碎了玻璃柜，然后带走了赃物。

三 |          当天下午4点左右，警察蜂拥至Westgate的NorthWest购物中心，要求人们撤离。顾客们把自己关在商店里，而其他人则惊慌地跑出商场。         就在10天前，四名持武器的歹徒袭击了Onehunga的Dress Smart里的Michael Hill珠宝店。         Mitchell告诉du Plessis-Allan，这些事件大多都涉及帮派。

四 |          “他们把目标对准了青少年和未成年罪犯。

五 | ”          当被问及罪犯偷走珠宝后会怎么处理时，Mitchell说，这些罪犯偷珠宝是为了“交易”，但他们也会把珠宝熔化出售。         他不知道谁在购买这些珠宝。         “肯定有一个本地市场，但我认为，关于珠宝，这些团伙现在已经拥有了庞大的全球网络。对他们来说，把东西转移到海外很容易，所以很可能这些东西就流向了那里。”Mitchell说。         他表示，警方正在努力提高可见度，派出更多的警察“巡逻”，并与店主建立关系。         警方零售罪案组的负责人也与零售业和保安行业密切合作，以加强合作伙伴关系。         Mitchell说，首要任务之一是让这些孩子远离街头，今年将成立的青年军事学院将针对那些“惯犯，暴力零售青年罪犯”。         “我们希望在这些年轻人身上投资，努力让他们回到正轨上来，而不是快速进入成人刑事司法系统。而且，我们必须保证社区的安全。”          他补充说，在过去六个月里，警方看到了积极的结果，这类犯罪开始趋于平稳。         “我们还有很多工作要做，我们非常关注这类事件，我们知道必须把犯罪率降下来，不过也有一些积极的迹象。

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