Car theft. What happens to stolen cars?
Gangs of car thieves act like a perfectly oiled machine. They include people responsible for breaking into cars, forging documents, punching body numbers and preparing a car for a new life. What happens to your car after it is stolen depends on several factors.
If a criminal group is engaged in dismantling cars, the so-called Grubasi, that is, mechanics and tinsmiths, break cars down into simple factors. They remove the doors, engine casing and trunk lid from their hinges, unscrew the wheels, remove the windows, remove the engine and its components, as well as suspension and drive components - everything that can be unscrewed and unscrewed. When the skeleton of the car remains, the elements that can be used for future repairs are cut out and also sold (sheet metal parts used to restore most of the body, for example, parts of the wheel arches).
How long does it take to dismantle a car? Very short. It happens that the car ceases to be a car in less than a day after the theft.
— Thieves are concerned about time. On the one hand, they do not want to seize entire vehicles, because in this form they are easier to identify by the police, and on the other hand, they try to avoid tracking by the increasingly used GPS monitoring systems. And by cutting up the cars, they also look for the location modules to destroy them, — explains Cezary Ezman, R&D Manager at Gannet Guard Systems. In his opinion, it is worth investing in a radio monitoring system that is not only resistant to GPS/GSM jammers commonly used by thieves, but also allows you to quickly locate the car with an accuracy of a few centimeters. — 98 percent We find stolen cars within 24 hours of reporting them missing, — says Cezary Ezman. — Many times, when we find cars protected by our radio monitoring system, we come across other cars that have already been cut up. Some time ago, during a search of another car, two criminals were stopped while dismantling a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser several hours earlier, says Cezary Ezman.
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As noted by specialists from Gannet Guard Systems, hollows usually do not resemble classic car workshops. It is difficult to find hydraulic lifts or channels in which it is easier to carry out dismantling work. - Hollows are usually small garages or outbuildings. Criminals dismantle cars in them using primitive tools - wrenches, grinders, cutters and saws - after lifting them with jacks and installing them on so-called mare stands, that is, small metal stands, - notes Miroslav Maryanovsky from Gannet Guard Systems. - Vehicles are dismantled by one, sometimes two or three people at a time. And they are not always concerned about the condition of the parts during demolition - the main thing is speed and efficiency. Auto parts are not stored and stored. After demolition, they are taken by a person visiting the hollows, or the thieves themselves deliver the goods to someone who liquefies them. From the point of view of lovers of other people's property, the most important thing is to have as little evidence in their field of activity as possible. Therefore, they remove all signs that allow identification of vehicles, such as nameplates or stickers with the VIN number, as well as embossing on elements, sums up Miroslav Maryanovsky.
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