Export industry.Late-model luxury car theft is a booming business. A stolen car is packed with others into a sealed shipping container, marked as farm equipment, and sent off to the Middle East, Asia, or Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . There's little chance of getting caught this end, because Canada Customs doesn't pay much attention to goods leaving the country. The mark-ups are high. In Eastern Europe, for example, a $50, 000 luxury car that is probably not available through legal channels might sell for as much as $140,00. And, Detective Staff Sergeant staff sergeant n. 1. a. Abbr. SSG A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army that is above sergeant and below sergeant first class. b. Abbr. SSgt A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Dennis Pearce Dennis Pearce (born 10 September 1974 in Wolverhampton, England [1] [2]) is an English footballer of Caribbean descent [3], who formerly played at professional level and is now playing as a semi-professional. His most notable position is left-back. offers little comfort to potential victims. "Most anti-theft devices are almost useless...A professional will get your car no matter what kind of device is on it." The car is given a new identity with forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. numbers and papers that even the experts find it hard to detect. Then, it's off to market. |
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