Thieves target this pricey exhaust system part for its precious metalsBy Benjamin PrestonThe good news: Catalytic converter ...
Law enforcement agencies across Minnesota say they are ready to tap into a new resource meant to help victims of stolen cars and stolen car parts — a centralized database that records sales at scrap ...
The unmistakable sound of a car running without its catalytic converter is getting louder in Minnesota. Recent studies of insurance claims, including one by State Farm, place Minnesota in the top five ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The owner of a scrap metal business on Dixie Highway wants to make it harder for people who steal catalytic converters to be able to sell them for scrap. In January alone, ...
Nationwide in 2019 an average of 282 catalytic converters were reported stolen from vehicles each month, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). In pandemic-skewered 2020, however, ...
MESA, AZ — The stolen catalytic converter industry is booming, and existing Arizona laws designed to prevent fencing of the auto part seem ineffective. In Mesa, just one catalytic converter was ...
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Thefts of catalytic converters in Winnipeg have plummeted after arrests following a months-long investigation and new provincial regulations for scrap metal buyers and sellers, police say. In August, ...