Border Agency Struggles to Intercept Stolen Vehicles at Port of Montreal Amid Staffing Shortage

Published on April 10, 2024

Canada Border Services has intercepted few stolen vehicles shipped through the Port of Montreal by organized crime as the agency grapples with understaffing across the country. A total 4,695 stolen vehicles were intercepted in Montreal between 2019 to 2023, the border agency said in an Inquiry Of Ministry recently tabled in the House of Commons. The figures were disclosed at the request of Conservative MP Luc Berthold. The report also acknowledged that the agency doesn’t know the true scope of the black market auto operation. “The Canada Border Services Agency cannot provide an estimate of the number of stolen vehicles that have arrived at or passed through the Port of Montreal,” managers wrote in the report which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. “The agency acts on all referrals received from police.”...

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