INTERPOL INVESTIGATES GLOBAL CAR THEFT RINGS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLFLEET managers suffering from car thefts might think their vehicles are sold in a nearby city, or neighbouring region. No so, says global police agency Interpol - they could well end up on another continent. It recently coordinated controls of more than 8,000 vehicles in Africa's Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, and found 14 had been stolen "mostly from Europe and Japan." An Interpol spokesman said this underlined that member countries should contribute to Interpol's database of stolen motor vehicles. It currently contains more than ...
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