Michael Walker’s stolen truck was found through a tracker but police took too long to seize it, so it was taken again. Thieves moved it to a shipping container where it sat for more than two weeks before authorities helped.
But if you’re a billionaire corporation, the cops will track and arrest a shoplifter within the day
Charge any company in posession of a shipping container believed to contain stolen vehicles with posession of stolen property or something to that effect if they don’t immediately set it aside to be checked by law enforcement, and tighten up the paperwork required for shipping used vehicles generally. Make the corporations perform due diligence, and it will suddenly be a lot harder to get stolen vehicles out of the country. If that means each shipping company has to hire someone to stand there and check VINs against a list while some other company is loading cars into containers, so be it.
In the meanwhile, buy compact cars rather than SUVs or pickups, because they seem to be less-desirable theft targets.
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It didn’t take long for a tracking company to find Michael Walker’s truck after it was stolen from his Toronto driveway earlier this month.
Finally on Monday, after CBC reached out to police, CN and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), authorities opened the container, revealing Walker’s 2023 Toyota Tacoma inside.
Auto thefts in the country, particularly in Ontario, have risen to “epidemic” levels, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, resulting in a wave of measures to get it under control.
The Ontario government is spending $18 million on prevention efforts, and has also launched a task force aimed at disrupting the “networks responsible for high-risk auto thefts.”
Walker said he believes if it hadn’t been for his incessant efforts in contacting the various agencies and the inquiries made last week by CBC, his truck would still be sitting in an unopened container.
When it comes to stories like Walker’s, Dean said resources at all levels need to evolve, adding that it takes time for authorities to get processes in place since the issue of auto theft has exploded quickly.
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