We Catch It" program helped bring down catalytic converter thefts by 76 per cent in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the same period the year before. The risk-reward dynamic ...

Hannah Kost · CBC News · Posted: Mar 17, 2022 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: March 17, 2022 Why catalytic converters are being stolen from cars 3 years ago 3:34 ...

A catalytic converter has been installed between the engine and muffler of just about every car and truck sold in the U.S. since the mid-1970s.

The Surrey RCMP saw an average of 16 reported catalytic converter thefts every month in 2021. This year, the number has nearly doubled to 31 per month.

This disturbing spike in catalytic converter thefts isn’t only taking place in Ontario. In Montreal, there were 323 cases in 2018.

Catalytic converter theft is on the rise nationwide, new data shows. In 2022, thefts nationwide were 540% higher than all of 2020, public data company BeenVerified found.

Catalytic converter thefts have been steadily increasing since 2020 and were up 16 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022, according to the city.

“These thefts are very costly to vehicle owners and we would ask scrap metal dealers to think twice before purchasing a catalytic converter from an individual who is unable to explain its origins,” ...

This article was published 12/04/2021 (1488 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. The North America-wide spike in catalytic converter thefts has hit Winnipeg.

Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught someone in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car. Whoever it was shot and killed him.

Saskatchewan RCMP say they have received more than 100 reports of catalytic converter thefts so far in 2022, compared to just 30 last year during the same time period – May 10, 2022 ...

On average, Coquitlam RCMP dealt with about one catalytic converter theft a month between August and November. But during that same period in 2019, the number of reported thefts has risen sharply ...