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My comment was confusing so let me address what you are saying: 1. This is a very recent thing I am discussing, the fencers were only arrested in the beginning
by whimsicalism 3y ago
My comment was confusing so let me address what you are saying:
1. This is a very recent thing I am discussing, the fencers were only arrested in the beginning of 2023 and the thefts have fallen in 2023, specifically second half. This should be available in more fine-grained crime stats or simply by looking at like google trends of catalytic converter replacement searches.
2. Crime is much lower than in the 20th century, but I agree there has been a post-pandemic upshift.
e: found some news articles
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-catalytic-converter-theft-dropping-18452836.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-catalytic-...
this trend is after they busted a billion dollar auto parts company for being heavily involved in fencing these parts, seized 500 million dollars, and other anti-fencing provisions were made
- autoexec 3y ago> this trend is after they busted a billion dollar auto parts company for being heavily involved in fencing these parts Do you mean DG Auto Parts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2022_catalytic_converter_theft_ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2022_catalytic_converter_...) or is there another auto parts chain I should avoid.
- whimsicalism 3y agoAh yes, that's the one. Misremembered the apprehension date slightly. There have been subsequent arrests in the Bay Area of people who were part of the supply chain for this group.