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2007 FBI 'STOLEN CARS
"ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADAR" AT MOBILETRAXX ELECTRONICS

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------------------------------------------------------------2007 FBI Annual Stolen Car Report By State.............
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_05.html




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The National Insurance Crime Board has just released their list of the most frequently stolen cars of 2007. Topping the list once again are two older sedans from Honda — the ‘95 Civic and the ‘91 Accord. Here’s the full rundown:

  1. 1995 Honda Civic
  2. 1991 Honda Accord
  3. 1989 Toyota Camry
  4. 1997 Ford F-150 Pickup
  5. 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Pickup
  6. 1994 Acura Integra
  7. 2004 Dodge Ram Pickup
  8. 1994 Nissan Sentra
  9. 1998 Toyota Pickup
  10. 2007 Toyota Corolla

And here’s the list from last 2006:

  1. 1995 Honda Civic
  2. 1991 Honda Accord
  3. 1989 Toyota Camry
  4. 1997 Ford F-150 Pickup
  5. 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup
  6. 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Pickup
  7. 1994 Nissan Sentra
  8. 1994 Dodge Caravan
  9. 1994 Saturn SL
  10. 1990 Acura Integra

2006 FBI CAR THEFT REPORT BY STATE..........ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2007.......... CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR REPORT..........1,192,809 VEHICLES STOLEN NATIONALLY

Nevada "STOLEN CARS  2004"

1 1990 Honda Accord

2 1991 Toyota Camry

3 1995 Honda Civic

4 1994 Saturn SL

5 1994 Nissan Sentra

6 2004 Dodge Ram Pickup

7 1992 Chevrolet Full Size C/K 1500 Pickup

8 2002 Dodge Intrepid

9 1993 Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee

10 1995 Dodge Neon

Non-profit organizations such as the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) track the most stolen vehicles in America by tallying all cars that are reported stolen by law enforcement agencies each year. The NICB's current top ten list of most stolen vehicles nationwide is as follows:

  1. Toyota Camry
  2. Honda Accord
  3. Honda Civic
  4. Oldsmobile Cutlass
  5. Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee
  6. Chevrolet Full-Size Pickup
  7. Toyota Corolla
  8. Ford Taurus
  9. Chevrolet Caprice
  10. Ford F-150 Pickup


Studies show that while thieves still prefer to steal cars over SUVs and trucks (approximately 70 percent of the most stolen vehicles in the U.S. are cars), the number of SUVs and trucks targeted by thieves is increasing each year.

The Areas With The Highest Levels Of Car Thefts

Another important factor for car theft numbers is the region in which you live. Thieves tend to target large metropolitan areas that are near ports or borders, in order to easily (illegally) export the car's parts. The NICB's top ten list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest vehicle theft rates in 2002 is as follows:

  1. Phoenix, AZ
  2. Fresno, CA
  3. Modesto, CA
  4. Stockton-Lodi, CA
  5. Las Vegas, NV
  6. Miami, FL
  7. Sacramento, CA
  8. Oakland, CA
  9. Seattle, WA
  10. Tacoma, WA

Cars stolen in US used in suicide attacks By Bryan Bender in Washington October 4, 2005 Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format The FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering some vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior US Government officials.

The FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, Inspector John Lewis, said the investigation did not prove the vehicles were stolen specifically for car bombings in the Middle East, but there was evidence they were smuggled out of the US by organised criminal networks that included terrorists and insurgents. Cracking the car-theft rings and tracing the cars could help identify insurgent leaders and shut down one of the means used to attack the US-led coalition and the Iraqi Government, the officials said..

The inquiry began after coalition troops raided a Falluja bomb factory last November and found a Texas-registered four-wheel-drive being prepared for a bombing mission. Investigators said there were several other cases where vehicles evidently stolen in the US wound up in Syria or other Middle Eastern countries and ultimately in the hands of Iraqi insurgent groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq.

 Investigators believed the cars were stolen by local car thieves in US cities, then smuggled to waiting ships at ports in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Houston, among other cities. Terrorism specialists said they believed Iraqi insurgents preferred American stolen cars because they tended to be larger, blended in more easily with US convoys, and were harder to identify as stolen. The Boston Globe

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