Auto Theft

• What Budget 2024 promises on auto theft – plus, nearly $700M for CSIS

  With the number of stolen cars in Canada surging, Ottawa is bringing in stiffer penalties for auto theft as part of Budget 2024 including new offences.

  Canada

  Apr 16
  
• Toronto carjackings: 3 people face 54 charges in latest auto theft probe

  Three people are facing a total of 54 charges in relation to an auto theft investigation that nearly saw police officers injured during an arrest.

  Crime

  Apr 16
  
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• Nearly 600 stolen cars from GTA seized from Montreal port

  Between December and March, police inspected about 400 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal and found nearly 600 stolen vehicles, most of them from the Toronto area.

  Canada

  Apr 14
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• Leave Canada or sue? Auto theft victims consider their options as cases surge

  The surge in auto thefts has led to rises in home invasions, violent robberies and gun violence throughout the GTA, according to Toronto police.  

  Canada

  Apr 13
• Disturbance at Winnipeg coffee shop leads police to stolen car, contraband

  A call about a disturbance at a coffee shop led to more than a half-dozen unrelated charges for a Winnipeg man, police say.

  Crime

  Apr 9
• 3 men charged after 2 Toronto police officers hurt in separate incidents

  Three men are facing charges after two Toronto police officers were injured in separate incidents in the city on Monday night.

  Crime

  Apr 9
• 6 arrested in connection with theft of idling vehicles: Edmonton Police

  Police in Edmonton have arrested six people they believe are connected to a recent increase in thefts of idling vehicles.

  Crime

  Apr 4
• AirTags, GPS trackers can help car thieves. Here’s how to find them

  Experts and police say car thieves are using GPS tracking devices like Apple AirTags to track and then steal Canadians’ cars. Here’s what you can do to stop them.

  Crime

  Apr 3
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• Nearly 600 cars recovered in sweeping auto theft crackdown in Ontario, Quebec

  The Ontario Provincial Police and the Canada Border Services Agency said the majority of recovered cars — 483 of them — are from Ontario.

  Canada

  Apr 3
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• How police hope new Ontario helicopters will help fight car theft, locate vulnerable missing people

  Four new police helicopters will help fight the car-theft crisis and assist searches for missing vulnerable people, the province and Toronto-area police forces say.

  Crime

  Apr 2