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> unless it’s been going on for a while but executed perfectly so nobody would find a trace My boss's car was stolen in broad daylight in front of a client's w

> unless it’s been going on for a while but executed perfectly so nobody would find a trace My boss's car was stolen in broad daylight in front of a client's warehouse. This isn't a busy area, but it isn't extremely quiet either. The car had GPS tracking, but it disappeared without a trace. The police guessed that it was driven into the back of a closed truck and straight away transported to Eastern Europe.

gitgud 8y ago
Incredible, was there ctv footage? Reading things like this makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still. Much like the old days when people could exchange fake cheques at banks for cash... Most of the world is still built on trust.
- donkeyd 8y ago
  I asked about it at a later time, but after a certain time, the car ownership officially gets transferred to the insurance company, so any updates from the police would go to them unfortunately. From what I heard, however, police wasn't planning on spending too much time on this, because these types of cases never really result in much. Unless this becomes part of a major investigation into similar cases, it'll be dead in the water. > makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still So yeah, you're right about this. Statistics actually seem to show that low impact, organized crime pays in the Netherlands [1], since police is too busy with high impact cases. High impact often being being defined as burglaries, robberies, rape, etc. that have long-term impact on the victims well-being. [1](Dutch) https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/cbs-misdaad-loont-in-nederland~ada8dd6e/ https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/cbs-misdaad-loont-in-nederlan...
- donkeyd 8y ago
  > makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still I just found this through Reddit and had to think of your comment: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris_Moore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris_Moore
tomaskafka 8y ago
Heard a similar story except the owner chased the truck while calling police. When they stopped the truck after two hours (not so easy getting police to actually stop a truck on a highway), they found only car parts inside, with destroyed part numbers.

gitgud 8y ago

Incredible, was there ctv footage? Reading things like this makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still. Much like the old days when people could exchange fake cheques at banks for cash... Most of the world is still built on trust.

donkeyd 8y ago
I asked about it at a later time, but after a certain time, the car ownership officially gets transferred to the insurance company, so any updates from the police would go to them unfortunately. From what I heard, however, police wasn't planning on spending too much time on this, because these types of cases never really result in much. Unless this becomes part of a major investigation into similar cases, it'll be dead in the water. > makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still So yeah, you're right about this. Statistics actually seem to show that low impact, organized crime pays in the Netherlands [1], since police is too busy with high impact cases. High impact often being being defined as burglaries, robberies, rape, etc. that have long-term impact on the victims well-being. [1](Dutch) https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/cbs-misdaad-loont-in-nederland~ada8dd6e/ https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/cbs-misdaad-loont-in-nederlan...
donkeyd 8y ago
> makes me realise how easy it is to steal things still I just found this through Reddit and had to think of your comment: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris_Moore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris_Moore

tomaskafka 8y ago

Heard a similar story except the owner chased the truck while calling police. When they stopped the truck after two hours (not so easy getting police to actually stop a truck on a highway), they found only car parts inside, with destroyed part numbers.