On: Canada became a car theft capital of the world

[djoldman]

How are cars usually stolen? Are they driven away using the car's power or hauled away using a tow truck?

[voisin → djoldman]

They use devices to gain access and start the vehicle, drive it a few blocks away and leave it for another group to come pick it up and take it to a shipping container to be transported to the Port of Montreal to be shipped overseas. The original group goes and grabs another vehicle, etc etc. They’ve got groups on the lookout in the neighbourhood for police. It is highly organized and involves many people.

[adamomada → voisin]

And a tow truck towing a car out of an otherwise empty parking lot at night would not raise any suspicion whatsoever.