If someone steals an Iphone 5 can it be tracked by carrier / police or other?

If someone has stolen an i phone 5 can it be somehow tracked if sim is disabled/ destroyed, the phone has been completely reset to factory settings and had a new sim from a different provider placed into it with find my phone, location services all turned off too.
is there any way by using IMEI number or other that it can be tracked by police, phone provider or other?

If you have the ID number of the phone, apple can disable it. Police probably won't get it back but it can be disabled so it can never be used.

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