Catalytic-converter theft exploded because those honeycombs hide platinum, palladium, and rhodium. Hybrids (cooler-running ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Some new laws going into effect on Jan. 1 will make it harder for thieves who steal catalytic converters and assist crime victims whose cars are stolen. The new laws are ...

For more than 30 years the vast majority of vehicles sold in Britain have included an expensive component in the exhaust system — the catalytic converter. This emissions-reducing device has now become ...

Three years ago, thieves stole a staggering 8,591 catalytic converters from New York City vehicles. But since 2022, police, prosecutors and even state lawmakers have taken steps to solve the problem — ...

They sell it on the black market or sell it to a recycler who can strip it down for its precious metals. But the owner of Brunos' Iron and Metal, Randy Tosi, said because of all the theft, he felt the ...

The leader of a western Massachusetts catalytic converter theft ring that the feds described as operating at the speed of a “NASCAR pit crew” will spend 10 years in prison. Rafael “Robbin Hood” Davila ...

Police arrested a man and woman accused of stealing catalytic converters in San Bernardino County early morning Thursday, officials said. The Upland Police Department said in a Facebook post that ...

Tou Sue Vang ran a profitable family business in Sacramento with his brother, Andrew, and his mother, Monica Moua. But the lucrative family enterprise was illegal and involved buying stolen catalytic ...

Two men were arrested after they were caught by authorities in the process of stealing catalytic converters from vehicles in northwest Houston. Last week, on Dec. 11, deputies with Harris County Pct.

Modern vehicles and the internal combustion engines that power them — well, most of them, that is — have come a long way in recent decades. From inefficient carburetor systems to fuel injection and, ...

Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...

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