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Making vehicle theft a dead end for organized crime

When stolen vehicles are used to carry armed terrorists, bombs or drugs they become much more than a headache for their legal owner. Criminal Intelligence Officer Renato Schipani explains how INTERPOL’s Stolen Motor Vehicle unit is blocking the road for organized vehicle crime.

More than 12,000 vehicles were inspected over two weeks, initiating new investigations and uncovering links with organized crime.

Twenty individuals were indicted and variously charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars in Queens, throughout New York City and its suburbs, following a three-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, and the New York State Police dubbed “Operation Hellcat,” into the criminal enterprise based in Queens.

A traffic stop in Union County on Tuesday uncovered a chop shop and $1.25 million worth of stolen luxury cars, according to police.

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — The Colorado Rockies are accustomed to stolen bases, not cars. Third baseman Kris Bryant recently found himself at the center of a theft ring when he tried to move his Lamborghini to his off-season home.

LYON, France – Vehicle crime is a multi-billion-dollar global industry that fuels organized crime but a new partnership between INTERPOL and the Government of Canada aims to put the brakes on this illicit trade.

An Oklahoma man is facing charges of stealing a vehicle after he couldn’t get a ride to court.

More than 1,500 vehicles stolen in Canada have been detected around the world since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) successfully integrated the Canadian Police Information Centre’s (CPIC) stolen vehicle information with INTERPOL’s Stolen Motor Vehicle (SMV) Database in February 2024.

Thou shalt not steal a car with a tracking device.
A 3-months-pregnant Tennessee woman was carjacked at gunpoint following a crash — but was able to track down the stolen vehicle with an Apple AirTag device she had stashed inside a Bible.

A top global cybersecurity expert says the threat of car theft now is greater than ever and urges taking simple precautions to prevent car owners from becoming victims of tech-savvy criminals. Click the source link for the full story.