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user-inactivated · 1455 days ago · link · · parent · post: Thieves Nationwide are Slipping under Cars, Stealing Catalytic Converters
There were 3197 thefts of catalytic converters in Sweden last year, compared to 74 in 2019. So maybe not a new phenomenon, but a drastic increase.
dang.... I bet there is some kind of proportional relationship between economic hardship and this. A cordless reciprocating saw can be had for so cheap - one catalytic converter could possible buy several. I know in Denver several years ago, all of the scrap yards and recycling places stopped taking them from anyone but pre-authorized recyclers. And you have to cough up an ID if you want to recycle any metals here now - theoretically to clamp down on some of this nonsense. But criminals gonna crime...