British cars are being stolen and shipped ‘within a day’: Here’s why
The theft of luxury cars is extremely sophisticated and widespread, Range Rovers is just one of a series of targets for organized crime groups.
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According to a new report that determines that thefts cost billions of pounds to British consumers and the economy, cars are stolen within 24 hours and sent from England.
Organized crime gangs increase in car thefts in the country, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) defense and security thought a report It was released on Thursday, the UK vehicle theft increased by 75% in the last decade and rose to approximately 130,000 vehicles per year.
Stolen cars are not only high-level vehicles such as Range Rovers or Rolls-Royces, but also daily models such as Ford Fiesta or Focus and Volkswagen Golf. According to data on the most stolen brands and models.
Automobile manufacturers can easily be broken relatively by organized crime gangs that use and adapt sophisticated car theft technologies quickly when they round theft prevention measures to steal cars.
The techniques, networks and smuggling routes of the organized crime groups mean that the cars were “stolen, taken out of England in a day and removed from England,” in Russian analysis, vehicle theft is no longer a low -level, opportunistic crime, rather a high -valuable, low -risk crime and a serious crime with local and international dimensions.
“What we really emphasize in the findings is that it is a specific brand or model today, but if this is designed [with technological advances to counter theft]Or demand changes will be another tomorrow, “Organized Crime and Policing Team in Rusi said the research assistant and one of the joint writers of the report told CNBC.
Ford Fiesta St-line sporty compact compact hatchback car front view on January 13, 2017 Brussels, Belgium, Brussels Expo is exhibited.
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Criminals have been able to easily supply markets where the vehicles were expensive or short supply and demand for parts or vehicles were highly organized.
Some important export markets for high -valuable cars stolen were said to include the United Arab Emirates, the Caucasus, Georgia, Cyprus (such as England) and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Glartz, the general increases in the cost of parts and vehicles and the lack of supply in these markets “lead people to search for the cheapest alternative, which can be caused by the illegal market and start a driving at the beginning,” he said.
CNBC contacted the national criminal agency of England, an agency that investigates serious and organized crime about the findings of the report.
COST OF THE CRIME
In addition to the personal costs of stolen cars for owners, vehicle theft has a significant impact on UK drivers and wider economy.
“Vehicle theft is now about 1.77 billion to the UK economy [$2.43 billion] One year and since 2021, it has increased by 82% in car insurance premium quotes, “Glantz and Russian joint writers Mark Williams and Alastair Greig combined with increasing costs, vehicle prices and wider economic pressures, vehicle prices and wider economic prints.
The estimated £ 1.77 billion refers to a social and economic “cost of crime” metropy based on the data collected by the UK Ministry of Interior, and refers to the prevention of the crime, whether a commercial enterprise or individual, whether the victim and the cost of correcting theft.
Police is a collection of luxury vehicles recovered in the metropolitan police car after a raid on the houses in connection with the mansel operation aimed at theft and theft of expensive cars.
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Authorized, “the cost of vehicles increased, the cost of insurance increased. Vehicle manufacturers poured a tremendous amount of money to protect their vehicles, so the cost of the crime increased and the total crime volume increased. So 1.77 billion is a really lower figure,” he said.
Of course, car theft and illegal exports are not limited to England – For example, Canada saw an increase sent to Central and West Africa in stolen cars.However, there are some special problems that make Britain more vulnerable to such crimes such as the geographical position, the fact that it is an island, and the prioritization of violence by the police force.
“England, UAE and Africa and elsewhere, many, many interactions and trade relations are a global trade partner and there is a vulnerability in the ports,” Glartz said, Port officials spend a lot of time to control what is coming to the ports, but controls what is happening.
“As a result, systems are quite vulnerable, Glart Glantz said.
