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SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — AirTags tracked vehicle from Canada to Middle East, offering glimpse into shipping routes used by car thieves (www.cbc.ca)
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SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — AirTags tracked vehicle from Canada to Middle East, offering glimpse into shipping routes used by car thieves::A Toronto man used location tags to track his stolen GMC Yukon from a rail yard in the GTA to a used car lot in the United Arab Emirates. But despite calls to several police services and the help of a private investigator, he's no closer to getting it back.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They'd absolutely write it off, the shipping would pale in comparison to the effort to clear all the foreign paperwork and then get it back into Canada. And as the owner, you'd want it replaced because you have no idea what's been done to it in the several months it would take to get it back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Apparently the shipping wasn't too much for the thieves. Wonder why they bother stealing a vehicle from Canada and not somewhere closer to where it was going to end up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Maybe because the truck is free for the thieves and costs full price for the insurance company? And if you want to pick peaches, you go where the peaches are, then drive all the way back. There are very few Yukon or Yukon size vehicles outside of NA.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

The Canadian government subsidizes their shipping at the expense of tax payers.