Canada Makes Interpol’s Top-10 List of Auto Theft Hotspots

Canada is among the world’s top 10 countries worst hit by auto theft, with Canadian vehicles regularly popping up at international ports of entry, according to a new Interpol report. Out of 137 countries connected to Interpol’s stolen motor vehicle database, Canada regularly ranks among the top 10 experiencing the most thefts, the international policing organization said. Canada is increasingly being seen as a “key source country” for stolen vehicles, in part because of its “large supply of sought-after high value models such as SUVs and crossovers,” Interpol said in a May 22 statement. More than 200 Canadian cars have been found scattered across the world each week since the RCMP integrated its stolen vehicle database with Interpol’s in February, the international police agency said....