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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] 14 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Using Apple AirTags he had hidden in the vehicle, Andrew tracked the 2022 GMC Yukon XL to a nearby rail yard, then to the Port of Montreal, and ultimately to a used car lot in the United Arab Emirates.

CBC News has agreed to conceal Andrew's full name and identifying details, as his family fears reprisals for fighting back against the thieves.

Andrew's extraordinary efforts provide a rare glimpse into an overseas shipping route used by criminals amid Canada's auto theft epidemic.

Parked in the driveway, their SUV's steering wheel was bent inward — the anti-theft lock still secured — and the driver's seat was set further back than usual.

CPKC spokesperson Terry Cunha declined to discuss the incident, but said in a statement the railway "works with federal, provincial and local law enforcement agencies executing a number of strategies to identify and recover stolen vehicles."

Wade said in an interview it's "alarmingly common" for criminals to move stolen vehicles in containers on trains or trucks, then to export them to the Middle East, Europe or northern Africa.

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