Rent, drive, steal: How luxury car thieves were stopped in their tracks

Source: Europol

The international operation began as a Spanish investigation, initiated when car rental and leasing companies in the Málaga area reported missing luxury cars. Investigators soon uncovered a criminal network that was using the driving licences or passports of vulnerable persons to rent or lease prestigious cars. Europol formed an operational task force with France, Spain, Poland and Ukraine to thwart…