SInce 2011 car remote jamming has become a huge problem in South Africa. The bandits have been using simple garage remotes to jam the signal when you push the button on your car remote to lock your vehicle. Victims of remote jamming car theft have often been turned away by insurance companies. Now, they’re changing the way they handle claims.
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Our members are the national insurance associations in 35 countries, representing undertakings that account for around 95% of total European premium income, directly employ 985 000 people and invest nearly €9 900bn in the…
Latest statistics from England and Wales show that motor vehicle theft has increased 30% since 2013. The RAC has obtained the figures from 40 police forces in England and Wales, which revealed that 85,688 vehicles were stolen last year, compared to only 65,783 in 2013. London was the worst place for vehicle theft with nearly a third being taken from the capital, followed by the West Midlands, West Yorkshire and…
Australia: Victorian Police have intercepted several significant shipments of container loads of luxury car parts, including from Audis and Mercedes-Benzes, that were bound for Malaysia which is regarded as the major staging point for the region's car theft industry.
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This year, CIUS has been streamlined and updated. UCR staff have strategically trimmed the amount of tables and refined the presentation of data in this year’s…
Calgary police are warning of a new auto theft trend in which vehicles are stolen during test drives. The thieves are posing as potential buyers in both dealership and private sale…
Crime in Hawaii has sunk to the lowest levels ever recorded - with the attorney general hailing the news as a boost for both tourists and residents. A new report shows crime in the Aloha State is at its lowest rate since records began in 1975. Crime across the board is down, with both categories - violent and property -…
ALGECIRAS, Spain - An operation targeting the trafficking of stolen vehicles in Spain has led to the recovery of nearly 20 cars in nine days.
Led by the Spanish National Police and supported by INTERPOL’s Task Force on Stolen Motor Vehicles (SMV), Operation Paso del Estrecho (which means ‘crossing the straits’) was carried out from 28 July to 5…
One of six pickup trucks stolen from a car dealer in Songkhla on Wednesday was fitted with explosives and detonated outside a row of police residences in Pattani early on…
Police in Sparta, New Jersey, USA, have reported that in certain luxury vehicles the side mirrors fold inwards once the key fob is no longer in the vehicle. Therefore if the side mirrors are still open on a parked car, thieves can readily know the key is in the vehicle, making it an easy theft target.
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