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      03-30-2023, 12:17 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by Serf27 View Post
I saw a clip about this in a documentary.

There’s a shop that receives orders for specific cars, the shop owner/manager then sends out his crew to find and bring back the car.
.... and puts it in a conex/shipping container, which pretty much defeats AirTags, LoJack, etc.

The container is loaded on a freighter (one of literally thousands of containers) and freighted across the pond.

Customs at the Third-World(-ish) palms are greased, the container is stamped as "inspected", and the next thing you know, the car has a new owner.

Money makes anything easy.

Sigh.
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