"The operation, dubbed Project Vector, which ran from Dec. 12, 2023, to March 9, 2024, involved the inspection of almost 400 shipping containers and the recovery of 598 high-end vehicles, which have been connected to various types of vehicle crimes, including carjackings and home invasiona. OPP deputy commissioner Marty Kearns told reporters in Montreal on Wednesday that investigations by police in Ontario led them to believe that a large percentage of stolen vehicles in that province 'were destined for illegal export via the Port of Montreal.' As a result, he said, police and federal agencies in Quebec and Ontario launched Project Vector.
“'As our intelligence indicated, the vast majority of recovered stolen vehicles, more than 430, were taken from the Greater Toronto Area,' Kearns said. Thieves target relatively new vehicles, including high-end pickup trucks and SUVs, which are then exported to markets in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South America, he said."
We saw this in the CBC report that covered the guy who tracked his stolen SUV through Apple Air Tags from Toronto to Montreal then to Dubai. This is a good start but it's just a start. We need more tracking and more cooperation between the ports, railway and the police. We also need bait cars because the same group of thugs are stealing a whole lot of cars.
Telling people to leave their car keys by the front door was criminally insane.
mayor of Toronto says its because their cars are too nice.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor of Toronto... oh right. That's the problem right there.
DeleteWonder how many are leaving through the Ports in the Lower Mainland?
ReplyDeleteI don't think its as big a problem here but it is something to be aware of.
DeleteIt's crazy that it's gotten so bad out east here, that these are now becoming extremely common. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/people-are-installing-bollards-in-their-driveways-to-protect-their-cars-from-thieves-in-toronto
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good idea. Any kind of deterrent helps.
DeleteLots of people making money on various levels including the police, this will never end only get worse have had 2 cars stolen myself, gta is done for
ReplyDeleteThese retractable "bollards", as I have now learned they are called, have been used in Europe for over 30 years, but for traffic management so that narrow streets can be open during the day for food deliveries and the like but they can close the area so it's pedestrian only in the evenings or on weekends. This is an awesome new use of an old technology. "Grand Theft Auto", we should try a new game, "Hunting Car Thieves". Bait car programs cost money but they generate actual results.
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