Crime lords turn Motor City into car-theft supermarket for Middle East buyers: ‘Somebody's getting paid’
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Michigan sees 48% spike in car thefts as criminals recruit juveniles for Detroit smuggling operations shipping stolen vehicles overseas to foreign markets.
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According to the 12-count indictment, the eight suspects conspired among themselves and others to coordinate the deliveries of stolen vehicles at one of four commercial or industrial lots throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. Once the vehicles were delivered, prosecutors said the men would pack at least two of the stolen vehicles into shipping containers and send them to nearby port cities by freight or rail.
Once the containers arrived at the various port cities, the containers transporting the cars would allegedly be shipped overseas.
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