Which people do thieves prefer in Thessaloniki and Athens?
Car theft is a scourge for our country. Every day dozens of owners lose their cars, while at the same time many stolen cars are re-circulated with falsified data so that it is not easy to locate them.
At the same time, many of the yards with used spare parts are selling car parts that have been stolen from their owners. The researchin combination with its domestic detailed report Hellenic Police, shows the number of thefts across the European Union between 2015 and 2017.
A total of 697,000 vehicle thefts were recorded annually with Greece to occupy the second place with 269 car thefts per 100,000 inhabitants. In fact, in 2019 another statistical study was published, showing that Greece continued to receive negative discrimination, maintaining on a global scale this time the 5th place with 227 thefts per 100,000 inhabitants.
How vehicles are stolen
Car thieves, taking advantage of the fact that citizens stay at home for several hours due to coronavirus, steal vehicles without fear of being noticed. Car theft incidents are done either in the traditional way, ie the typical breach of the vehicle by mechanical means, or through a modern methodology, utilizing what is known as a “key copy”. This is done as long as the criminal copies the original key he has, whether it is electronic or later when the traditional one is absent comfortably and without disturbing noises in the car.
The models preferred by thieves
According to experts in a special documentary on car thefts shown by ERT in 2021, in Greece the first in thefts in the last decade was the Toyota Yaris and one of the models that are first on the list of thieves, are the Mini Cooper. By breaking the lock, they reset the vehicle brain and leave undisturbed without being noticed. The main motivation in the selection of thieves, how easily they can sell it again, making superficial changes on it. The more commercial is a vehicle and desired by the buying public, the more sought after it becomes in the circuits of thieves.
Also one of the most favorite cars that robbers prefer, are Smart made before 2014, as their components are more common and easy to sell. In fact, because they can not easily “get up”, they load them on other vehicles such as trucks and sell them again with papers from crashed Smart.
How will I be protected
Although in the past the number one way to protect one’s car was the alarm placementis now so prevalent that most people are usually unaware of its sound. With the alarm does not seem insufficient to protect vehicles more modern ways have been created with other simple and other complex technological solutions. One of them is the GPS satellite units, which are placed in specific places inside the car.
These units function as a vehicle tracking system and the owner can see through his mobile phone at any time and moment where his car is.
The other solution is to insure one’s car for total theftpaying a hefty price every year to have his “quiet head” from the experts who take action last.
Source: newsauto.gr