IAATI UK Statement – BBC Watchdog

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IAATI UK statement in response to BBC Watchdog segment on BMW thefts The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) UK branch acknowledges that safety and security is of the utmost importance to vehicle manufacturers, and that vehicles are engineered to meet all European standards as well as, for the UK, applicable Thatcham standards for… Read More

Diagnostic Disorder

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Diagnostic Disorder Motor cars have been on our UK roads since 1894. The advent of the motor car was the dawn of a new era in personal mobility, initially for the lucky minority. With any new technology or fashionable commodity, however, comes an associated underworld of criminality waiting to benefit from dishonestly appropriating or profiteering… Read More

Disinterest Thieves Will Profit?

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Does Growing Disinterest From Government Mean Thieves Will Profit? Vehicle theft is rising and soon the UK might not be able to fight it. SBD report from the IAATI UK conference with a warning for the future… The UK Chapter of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators held its 2012 National Vehicle Crime Conference… Read More

Cracked UK Car Syndicate

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SA cops crack UK car syndicate By Mike Behr Twenty luxury cars worth more than R22m that were stolen in Britain have been recovered in South Africa in a joint operation between British and South African police. The cars include six Range Rovers, four BMWs, Audis, Mercedes-Benzes and Volvos. They were allegedly stolen in the… Read More

Thieves don’t need whole vehicles to make a profit

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Stealing whole vehicles is popular with thieves across the world, especially in cases of profit-motivated theft. Stolen vehicles are cloned and resold in the same country or could be shipped to other continents, with the thief interested in the black market resale value of the vehicle. In many cases vehicles are moved to illegal workshops… Read More

Car Theft Gang Sentenced

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Five members of a car key burglary and vehicle ringing gang were sentenced to a total of nearly nine years and six months in prison on Monday, 13 December. Brothers Kamran Hussain aged 24 and Qurban Hussain aged 31, appeared at Southwark Crown Court alongside Idris Wahid aged 26, Ifzal Uddin aged 27 and Iqbal… Read More

Cold Steal

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Police forces across the UK are warning motorists to be extra vigilante during this period of exceptional weather as a vehicle theft crime called “Frosting” appears to have swept the country following the heavy snowfalls and icy weather. Edmund King, AA President, says, “Drivers should not leave their cars with the engine running to de-ice… Read More

Angels Go For a Sound Investment

Detecting Car Crime Rebecca Nesbit A new way of detecting car crime through sound has won Cambridge start-up Audio Analytic funding from the Cambridge angel community. The company, founded by Chris Mitchell, is emerging as a world leader in sound-recognition software. Audio Analytic’s unique technology can be used wherever security guards have to watch multiple… Read More

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