Canada’s $28 Million Car Theft Bust Has a Twist: Nobody Actually Stole Anything
No smashed window. No screwdriver jammed into a steering column. No key fob relay box...
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Stolen American Cars Disappear by the Thousands Every Year. Kenya’s Steering Wheel Law Is Why None of Them Show Up There
Somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard tonight, a shipping container is being sealed with paperwork describing...
A Cop Allegedly Ran a Stolen-Car Ring on the Side. Her Badge Wasn’t the Scary Part — Her Database Login Was
Every stolen car eventually needs new paperwork. That’s the part of auto theft nobody thinks...
Philly Recovered 30 Stolen Hondas In A Month. The Arrest Count Is Still Zero, And That’s The Real Story
A stolen car turning up isn’t the same as a case getting solved. Philadelphia just...
A Rental Car Theft Ring Shipped Stolen SUVs to Ghana for a Year. The Weak Link Wasn’t the Car.
Amadou Diol just got five years in federal prison for stealing more than 20 rental...
A Stolen Ford Explorer Beat Ontario’s Anti-Theft Tech. A Fast-Food Receipt Still Busted the Teen Inside
A 16-year-old in Hamilton, Ontario didn’t get caught because police cracked his stolen Ford Explorer’s...
Ford’s Self-Assembling Car Fortress Isn’t Really About Stopping Thieves. It’s About a Battery Problem Nobody Talks About
Ford has a patent application describing cars that arrange themselves into a defensive ring around...
Honda CR-Vs Are Getting Gutted in 20 Minutes Flat, and the Real Culprit Is Bolted Under the Dash
This isn’t really a story about stolen Honda CR-Vs. It’s a story about a thirty-year-old...
He Allegedly Stole and Torched a Chevy Suburban. His Loyalty Card Turned Him In First.
Phoenix police say a 31-year-old man stole a Chevrolet Suburban from behind a Safeway, drove...
Melbourne Busted a License Plate Knockoff Factory. America’s Toll Cameras Have the Same Blind Spot
A Melbourne crackdown netted 79 arrests and a guy who allegedly mass-produced 875 sets of cloned plates. The real story…
Wisconsin Gives Car Thieves a Legal Escape Hatch From a Felony. A Stolen Cadillac Chase (and a Loose Dog) Show Exactly How to Blow It
Forget the chase for a minute. The most interesting part of what happened outside Madison,...
Ford’s New Remote Kill Switch Isn’t Really About Stopping Car Thieves. It’s About Owning The Off Switch.
Ford wants you picturing a thief. Someone jimmies open your F-150, leaves your own key...
A Thief Couldn’t Start This Stolen Porsche, So He Dragged It Down the Street Like a Shopping Cart
Nobody was driving the Porsche that tore up Tujunga Avenue in North Hollywood last Thursday...
Police Hit Two Salesmen With 176 Charges in a Re-VIN Scheme. The Crown Quietly Dropped Every Single One
A Toronto re-VIN scheme shows just how sophisticated auto theft in the Greater Toronto Area...
A $105K Corvette Blew Up a $1.3 Million Supercar Theft Ring. The Getaway Kit Cost Almost Nothing
Two men are sitting in a Ventura County jail cell on $250,000 bail apiece, accused...