The thing about this theft is that in order for it to be worth the effort, there needs to be a buyer. Is the FBI looking into what must be an organized metal s

The thing about this theft is that in order for it to be worth the effort, there needs to be a buyer. Is the FBI looking into what must be an organized metal salvage pipeline? First the salvage place needs to pay the thieves, no questions asked and no paper trail involved, then they need to pile it or chop it up, then sell it on to industrial factories that can use it, who must look the other way in terms of knowing about the source of the metal. This involves (among other crimes) tax evasion, book keeping fraud, money laundering, secrecy and probably a lot of bribery. I mean, if I can't buy pseudoephedrine without the state recording my license, surely it'd be pretty straightforward to require the same to sell copper.