I-Team: International car theft pipeline runs from metro Atlanta to Savannah Seaport

By Randy Travis
Published July 19, 2023

SAVANNAH, Ga. - It's one of the emptiest feelings a car owner can ever have.

One minute your vehicle is in your driveway. The next minute, it’s gone. To where? You have no clue.

For some metro Atlanta crime victims, the answer is closer than you might think.

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[kingstonstreet]

Never get jealous when you see people overseas driving any luxury cars

[latamorewilliams]

One man told me if you don’t get your car back within 24hrs in Atlanta it’s on the Boat from Savannah 😳😱!!!!🚢

[Cycle]

$57, 000 Jeep and it's easily stolen.

[brightbright]

My car was nearly stolen but for the extra layer of protective devices. Double check when you take your car to dealership for maintenance. The mechanics there work with the criminals by putting a special type of tracking device in your car.

[marcelbey-el]

this makes me think of that sopranos episode, where tony was paying to have cars hijacked and then shipped overseas to turn a profit🧐

[wwesuperstar]

Im still shocked that cars that cost 40 plus thousand dollars, does not have a more sophisticated anti theft system.

[SS-fnqz]

just send these people away for life. That the problem with this crap, the gov has become too weak.

[juegomaestro]

It is like organized crime has returned.

[mariovo]

Well done to those officers 🎉😊 Imma go check on my car right now.

[absiol]

I’m shocked people actually do this!!
Stealing and shipping overseas? Wow!
Definitely it’s not a one man thing. It’s organized crime.

[lukefarmer]

For some reason a cacao farmer decided that he needs to have a shiny new western car that isn't available in his country just so he can flex on the already impoverished people of Africa. That is essentially what this is.

[torriantofuller]

Car dealership mad asf to get cars back ijs they gonna get paid off of the insurance company if they get them back they don't 😂😂😂

[United-States-of-Africa]

Damn it I was waiting for that Lexus in Africa

[jimboreaddabible]

How do you ship a car without paperwork or surveillance or names or creedit card or Do you just park it at front door with a note that reads please ship to Africa?

[Noctural-Notions]

Wow 😮Thats insane.... I just met a woman today who had her bran new car stolen the 4 th of July 2023.

[angelgarcia]

Im waiting for them to steal my silverado from my driveway. I have a fishing line pulling the pin on a grenade once it leaves 20ft from the house

[ohreally]

75 found from 50000 stolen vehicles 😮, not a good percentage

[hessen]

The main facilitators are living in America. The government should stop doing deals with these guys. The cars normally end up on the streets of West Africa et al, and sold by the car dealers who might know the criminal history of the car’s arrival.
Work with the customs in just one country, I can assure you, the others will divert their consignments to neighboring countries. The pattern is not too hard to follow

[Francis]

That’s how some people expect to live, disgusting,you can work hard and have your own vehicle, why are you stealing people cars, SMH

[jgg]

The reason why they are shipping these vehicles overseas, is b/c they can get 3x-5x sometimes even 10x the value they would get selling them here in the US. Also, once it's overseas it's gone for good. Example....you could sell a 10 yrs old Honda CRV for $28K USD to Liberia or Nigeria....whereas you may only get $7, 500 selling it here