Why won't apple flag a stolen iPod

Why won't apple flag stolen iPods that are registered? I was told that due to reset my dons iPod is likely just gone.
Seems like if it is reported and then someone tries to register under a different name, they could report it

Your best thing is to do as ingo says, report your thoughts to Apple. I don't disagree with you that they could do more...but doing more has to be their decision. And to get them on the road to a decision, they need to 'officially' know there's people wanting it. they don't know anything officially from the forum. Feedback, however, is counted and read and tallied up.

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