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Tracking stolen cars: How they could end up in West Africa (Marketplace)

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CORRECTION ON APRIL 28, 2022: The original broadcast of this story on March 25, 2022 showed a brief visual of Banix Motors, a car dealership in Lagos, Nigeria. The visual was inadvertently used in a segment that discusses how some stolen vehicles from Canada are being resold overseas. That visual has since been removed. Banix Motors have indicated that they have never been associated with the sale of stolen vehicles from Canada and CBC never intended to associate Banix Motors with our investigation.

Cars stolen from driveways and shopping malls in Canada are ending up overseas. Some of the most-stolen vehicles include the Honda CR-V, Toyota Highlander, Lexus RX and Ford F-150. Marketplace has found stolen Canadian vehicles in West Africa. Highly organized criminal gangs are using the proceeds to fund and commit other crimes. We show how quick and easy it is for thieves to make off with vehicles using inexpensive tools that are readily available and ask why carmakers aren’t doing more to enhance security.

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    @benjaminwilliams3568 June 29, 2024

    I dont know how to protect your car????
    Pony up the money for a state of the Art Aftermarket Car Security System. One with Code hoping technology.😮

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    @ashho313 June 29, 2024

    They will never go back to Canada anyways so it clean now in Nigeria

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    @ElmerPaglinawan-jf3dt June 29, 2024

    In dubai even you leave your car no one well take becuase they have strong system

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    @cyrusgraham292 June 29, 2024

    Year 2000,2001 The Spring and Summer of 2000,🚒🐝🌴🌳Phoenix, Arizona Metro Center Mall, Popular Trend, JC PENNY, and the Mall Food Court Lot#2

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    @liyan8385 June 29, 2024

    You need to park your cars in vault nowadays 😱😱😱😱. The world is getting crazier by the minute.

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    @myraasuncion9339 June 29, 2024

    Sure that this is what happened to our RAM 1500 in Jan. 28, 2023. They broke the steering lock and drove away.

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    @zegamerz1980 June 29, 2024

    Buy a manual transmission car! You can leave it unlocked with the doors open, no-one will take it!

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    @arnilsuerte8461 June 29, 2024

    We need Canadian government to step up to stop this madness of car theft here and heavy jail sentences for criminals.

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    @donkwasny4478 June 29, 2024

    Wow, a CBC YouTube video we are allowed to comment on.A rare occurrence. If Canada wants to drastically reduce vehicle theft here are some suggestions:
    -Stop the current Liberal policy of catch and release. Career thieves are caught one day and out on bail the next day or with a good lawyer out in hours. They are placed on "house arrest". They just continue to steal vehicles. They are also getting more bold. They are armed with guns /knives and just smash into people's front doors and demand the car keys. Carjacking is increasing, at gunpoint.
    – Vehicles are then shipped out by container ships to various parts of the world. If we had special state-of-the-art ray equipment at those ports containers could be quickly scanned. Opened and the vehicles recovered before going out to sea.
    -Since 2015 vehicle thefts have increased by 34%. Just in 2022 car theft cost insurance companies $1 billion. What do you think will do with your car insurance rates?
    -The Trudeau Liberals could take action but say they are "thinking about it". I guess Captain Climate Crisis is too busy on things like increasing the carbon tax on Canadians.

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    @AHeuvelman-su8ji June 29, 2024

    Als u de daders onzichtbaar maakt, dan vindt u het helemaal niet zo erg dat ze gestolen zijn. Het interesseert u niets, u bent het er mee eens.

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    @quickcinema8031 June 29, 2024

    I dont know how people make an open car ports in front of their houses. You should make a close garage that can be closed with secure doors

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    @thomasvideoa June 29, 2024

    Canadian polices are very good at offering ticket but not chasing criminal.

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    @remmylutesh425 June 29, 2024

    Most Africans buy stolen cars, without their knowledge .

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    @Grimshire June 29, 2024

    Defund CBC

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    @rickmorrow689 June 29, 2024

    put glue in your key holes and just us your pods

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    @billallen3696 June 29, 2024

    Typical government run broadcasting-CBC: Of course a Canadian would blame the manufacturer, a socialist mindset, rather than exercising personal responsibility, whatever that may look like.

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    @adventuressagas June 29, 2024

    In Africa we install cutout switches in secret location that helps alot.

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    @richardprocter4905 June 29, 2024

    There’s a very simple solution, The UN tells these Countries to sort out the problem immediately or have massive trade embargoes slapped on them.

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    @nichelegibson1188 June 29, 2024

    So why is the FBI not at the ports

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    @koolwill9862 June 29, 2024

    Nigeria the country of choice for thieves and rogue actors 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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    @keithhuakam2562 June 29, 2024

    The workers at canada ports are sleeping with their shoes on

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    @babiejaz9422 June 29, 2024

    They stop innocents because too easy but they leave criminals just like this . We need a better system. Canada is worst these days. Cops have no power for anything . Custom border petrol let thieves run away

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    @evelynn4273 June 29, 2024

    Nice. The one time the police investigate and stop auto theft they got it on camera.

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    @Oops-Ops June 29, 2024

    Those in positions of authority: If you are unable to uphold law and order, please consider stepping down.

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    @Oops-Ops June 29, 2024

    The solution to the problem of car theft could be achieved by implementing a complete ban on the export of used cars. It's perplexing to me how stolen vehicles manage to be exported. Exporting typically involves a shipping agent, and it's the agent's responsibility to verify and confirm the proper documentation of the vehicle. Only if everything is in order, the agent arranges the shipment. There likely exists a network, possibly involving organized crime, engaged in this illicit business.

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    @user-qu1mi3kv2j June 29, 2024

    Well when EV's take over most of these countries do not have the infrastructure to support EV's…

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    @bounnongkhoukone7234 June 29, 2024

    “Do some thing”🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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    @cdeeznutzz June 29, 2024

    “the Nigerian government will not let it come back” “the cost is too high” THATS 2 completely different answers.

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