are especially popular with thieves, because they have two power sources – an electric motor and a petrol or diesel engine – so their catalytic converters are used less frequently to process pollutants. That means the metals inside them are less likely to have corroded, making them more valuable – and therefore more lucrative.
Older models are more likely to be targeted, because their catalytic converters contain far more precious metals than those fitted to the latest cars.There has been a problem with catalytic converters – and even entire exhaust systems – being stolen from cars for many years.
Alongside the London raids, Essex Police also intercepted a shipping container that was believed to contain stolen metal and car parts that were due to be shipped to the Ivory Coast for processing and refining. Although most thefts happen while cars are parked at home, either on the driveway or the road, some thieves are brazen enough to steal them from cars that have been left in supermarkets and other car parks.
Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)
Please don’t victim shame, this is a crime of opportunism. If the SMDact 2013 was altered to specifically out law the buying and selling of scrap catalytic converters by anyone other than licensed car dismantlers, this crime would almost die out overnight. BMRA_UK ACCJennySims
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