13 Arrested for Transshipping Stolen Cars Thru Canada to Iraq
On August 31, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that 13 suspects have been arrested for their alleged role in an international car theft scheme in which stolen luxury vehicles from the U.S. were transshipped through Canada to Iraq.…
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The vehicles were allegedly rented from national rental car chains in Michigan and Ohio, which were then driven into Canada, where police reports were filed claiming that the vehicles had been either carjacked or stolen in the Detroit-area. Five of the vehicles were allegedly intercepted on shipping containers at the Port of Montreal by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Export documents accompanying these vehicles stated that their export agent was Discount Auto Sales, a company owned by one of the suspects.