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This page lists a collection of latest news items from around the world. For more news items members can also access the latest issues of our APB and Vehicle Crimes Today publications from the resources page.

Visit to past President EB - Barry Hancocks memorial bench

Torsdag 13. april besøkte jeg minnebenken til Past President Barry Hancock EB sammen med Vanessa Hancock. Som dere vet gikk han bort i mai 2014. Og ønsket fra familien var å ha en minnebenk i parken nær huset hans i Shoreham By Sea.  På EB-seminaret 2015 i Almelo samlet deltagerne og medlemmer inn penger som kunne bidra til at familien fikk sitt ønske oppfyllt. Torsdag 13. april var en…

23 Stolen Vehicles Bound for Africa Seized

https://bronx.news12.com/operation-terminus-seizes-23-stolen-vehicles-bound-for-africa Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari announced on Friday that as a result of the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office collaboration with Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Port of New York/Newark, a total of 23 stolen vehicles were recovered recently. They were all destined to be sent to Western African countries…

Seminario

IAATI LatAm Branch - 5to. Seminario Regional IAATI LatAm Branch - INTERPOL

Desde la Rama Latinoamericana de IAATI le agradecemos por haber participado en el 5to Seminario Regional sobre Delitos Relacionados con Vehículos, organizado en forma conjunta con la Policía Federal Argentina e INTERPOL, durante los días 19 y 20 de mayo de 2022 en el Salón de las Américas del Instituto Universitario de la Policía Federal, el que fuera asimismo transmitido via ZOOM. Con 45 expositores y…

  • June 8, 2022

Carfax: Catalytic Converter Theft: Which Vehicles Are Targeted Most Often

Thieves are removing catalytic converters from vehicles large and small, often cutting them away from directly beneath the vehicle. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which tracks crimes reported to insurance companies, the number of reported catalytic converter thefts increased from roughly 1,300 in 2018 to more than 14,000 in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available. According to the National Insurance Crime…

Car Theft Statistics 2022

There were 810,400 vehicles stolen in 2020, totaling about $7.4 billion in total motor vehicle thefts. Vehicle theft is up 11.8% since 2019, when 724,872 vehicles were stolen. Overall property and violent crimes spiked in 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic…

Firma

IAATI LatAm Branch - Firma convenio entre IAATI LatAm Branch y A.PRO.SEG

CONVENIO MARCO DE COLABORACIÓN Y COOPERACIÓN ENTRE LA ASOCIACION INTERNACIONAL DE INVESTIGADORES DE ROBO DE AUTOS, RAMA LATINOAMERICANA (IAATI LATAM BRANCH) Y LA ASOCIACION CIVIL DE PROFESIONALES EN SEGURIDAD DE LA PROVINCIA DE SALTA, REPUBLICA ARGENTINA (A.PRO.SEG).-   En el día 11 de marzo se suscribió un importante acuerdo entre IAATI Latinoamérica y Asociación de Profesionales Graduados en…

  • March 24, 2022

Fraud exposure in auto lending exceeds $7.7B in 2021

The pandemic “laid the groundwork” for rising fraud risk in 2021 as fraudsters learned to use falsified information and identities to benefit from unemployment and paycheck protection programs, Point PredictiveChief Fraud Strategist Frank McKenna told Auto Finance News. “Not a day goes by that you don’t read of somebody that has taken advantage of [government] programs with fraud,” he said. Point…

Capacitacion IAATI - GM

IAATI LatAm Branch - GM Entrenamiento Interno

Nos dias 15, 16 e 17 de dezembro, um treinamento online é realizado de forma privada com a GM e a IAATI LatAm Branch. O Sr. Juan Martres-Servicio de Emergencia Líder Otreach, CX OnStar South América da GM, em parceria com IAATI Latam junto com seu Diretor para Brasil Sr. Carlos Alberto Betancur Ruiz, desenvolvem treinamento on-line de “ atendimento humanizado ”, para as equipes de operadores responsáveis…

Apple AirTags being used by car thieves: What you need to know to protect yourself

What are the thieves doing? According to police in the York Region, which is located in the Ontario Province, they have identified a new method that is being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles. "Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles, so they can later locate and steal them," read a portion of the statement. "Brand name…