SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — AirTags tracked vehicle from Canada to Middle East, offering glimpse into shipping routes used by car thieves::A Toronto man used location tags to track his stolen GMC Yukon from a rail yard in the GTA to a used car lot in the United Arab Emirates. But despite calls to several police services and the help of a private investigator, he’s no closer to getting it back.

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    Brand-new cars get shipped all the time over oceans before showing up in showrooms, it’s not that expensive.

    OTOH it might be cheaper to sell the car in the middle east and buy a used one on the continent it’s produced on. On yet another hand the insurance might just say “we don’t want to deal with this shit” and pay out: Even figuring out the legalities, paying agents in multiple countries etc. might be more expensive.

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      That is done in bulk however. Shipping one car is expensive

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        Something tells me stolen cars are shipped in bulk.