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ba al CRIME “STOLEN VEHICLES SHIPPED OVERSEAS Continued from front , September 7, ba 2 people, often as young as 13 sg would be willing to drive § from Quebec to Toronto and fa would be willing to take the ‘5 Visk, the answers are sim- z ple. One reason is they are 3 working with the. leaders of and social ties. The other is the sheer amount of money they can make fromastolen vehicle. "It's low risk, high re- ward,’ Palleves: Haywood. of money being g made, a storing to Haywood, woul make some of the Gras top pimps, drug dealers and runn¢ sh. "The top end guys (the men working with the bro- kers, garnering lists and then shipping out the vehi- cles) making $80 — $100K. for a Range Rover, RX 350, Lexus, RAM and F-150," he added. “A pickup is nota THIS WEEK'S DEALS SEPT 7 - 14TH, 2023 EXAMPLE MON - FRI SAT - SUN insidehalton.com $ 25.00 ON THURSDAYS $ 20.00 ON FRIDAYS $ 15.00 ON SAT / SUN STOLEN SHIPPED SOLD luxury car in Canada, but it is in countries where they don't have access to them." 's this amount of cash that has driven car theft so high that a vehicle is now stolen every six minutes in Canada, Ga, according e the st of crime groups, which are so often based out of Montreal near to the port where the vehicles are eventually being shipped to Africa, Eu- rope and the Middle East — is Poth loose and organized the Teader hasaroster of interested parties, some- times relatives and their friends and will put out a call for a certain number of vehicles, including makes id models via encrypted messaging services, includ- tng ste signal and telegram. Once the crew is formed, members set about booking a rental car and an Airbnb for the weekend. There's the group's pri- mary, who can make be- tween $3-5,000 per car, the break-in expert who makes between $500-1,000, key fob technician who makes $1,200 and the getaway guy can make about $500 for driving the vehicle back to Montreal. ‘ollowing the act, the ve- hicloi is either driven back to Montreal, -putina container ly or taken to a eos a area" where the group can look for GPS trackers. A significant danger can be posed to the public dur- Graham Paine photo illustration Thieves use devices to relay a key fob signal, which allows them offenders can lead them to take rash actions, like run- ning from the police. “They can cause collate al e to the public,” added Haywood. Once the mission is com- plete criminals send pic- tures of the vehicle and its VIN numbers to the leader before a is wired back. then put into canisters, with vehicles of- ten peing sh shoved in to fit three at It costs sit 000 toship the container o1 Once thes customs taghas to enter and drive away with a vehicle. been placed on the contain: er, although Canadians may like to believe they will be checked, chances are they won't be. "CBSA has no resources to check the _ containers, k 1 that t between 5 5 ae on con- tain ing shipped yan Gast, Pascal OPE organization Equité Associ- ation, a national organiza- fon with a mandate to pre- insurance fraud wre theft, says once over- seas the vehicles are ending upincar dealers sslotsii incus- tomers' hands lation or broken down for not responding to the exact queries put to the organization, ‘anadian Border Services Agency said, im uses ‘targeted and en as ‘part of the "risk management process." A for the they checl cent of ponesravenn: wood said. "They don't have the resources ... they're not worried about cars, they check what's coming into the country. They're wor- ried about weapons going to oming in." Haywood went on to say THIS WEEK 1006's OF HALLOWEE! COSTUMES & ACCESSORIES IS A DISCOUNT STORE WITH BLOWOUT DEALS ON AMAZON CLEARANCE GOODS. FEATURING ELECTRONICS, TOYS, HOME GOODS, PHONE ACCESSORIES AND ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND ONLINE! $75.00] 2060] $15.00 | $1060 | $500 | 385.00 RESTOCKING EVERY THURSDAYS AN ONE LOCATION TWO GIANT SALE EVENTS organization added that the number of vehicles seized by CBSA has increased by 377 per cent since 2016 when. 222 vehicles were nabbed before they made it over- seas to 2022 when 1,059 were discovered by guards. — with files from Mike Pearson EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK aUNOuSs