{"id":3939,"date":"2024-12-23T03:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T03:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2024-12-23T03:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T03:44:52","slug":"reality-in-the-spike-in-auto-thefts-in-the-gta-its-all-third-worlders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=3939","title":{"rendered":"Reality in the Spike in Auto Thefts in the GTA: It&#8217;s All Third Worlders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peel police bust auto theft ring, 12 charged, $1.2M in stolen vehicles recovered<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><video muted=\"muted\" preload=\"auto\" poster=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/593482582001\/7dde6242-5f0e-4208-b949-fe9625546b2b\/87d6bb34-b041-431f-b44d-d7e7f34ee673\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/defe16d1-7978-437d-b7be-38db98b4ec30\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with a total of 81 charges laid. Officers have been able to recover nine of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"FZiV-end-next-slate-title\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><small>Peel Regional Police have announced several arrests in connection to an auto-theft in the GTA. Police say a total of 12 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation, with a total of 81 charges laid.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peel Regional Police investigators say they\u2019ve \u201cdisrupted and dismantled\u201d an organized auto theft ring, recovering nine vehicles and laying 81 charges after a months-long probe dubbed Project Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project started in March 2023 when police were tipped off about a re-vinned vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Re-vinning takes place when the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) from a stolen vehicle is changed to a legitimate one to mask the fact that it was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInvestigators determined some of the stolen vehicles were being re-vinned, fraudulently re-registered and sold in Mississauga,\u201d a police release stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, the accused attempted to defraud multiple financial and insurance institutions. Various investigative tools were used to identify multiple suspects, recover these stolen vehicles and prevent insurance fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the probe 12 people were charged with a slew of offences and investigators say over $350,000 of insurance fraud was prevented. (CBC, November 29, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"857\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto-857x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto-857x1024.jpg 857w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto-768x918.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/reality-in-the-spike-of-autothefts-in-Toronmto.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peel police bust auto theft ring, 12 charged, $1.2M in stolen vehicles recovered with a total of 81 charges laid. Officers have been able to recover nine of the Peel Regional Police have announced several arrests in connection to an auto-theft in the GTA. Police say a total of 12 people have been arrested in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2801,2806,2809,195,2808,2805,2803,2804,2807],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3941,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions\/3941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}