While the world has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been something else plaguing the automotive industry and car owners everywhere: catalytic converter thefts. In the last year ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The connection between the war in Ukraine, Russian sanctions, and thefts of catalytic converters. Police in several communities say those thefts are on the rise. Catalytic converters ...

Suzann Beckett and her daughter had a tough introduction to a rising crime trend recently. Beckett’s daughter had parked her 2009 Toyota Prius in the street outside their home in Hartford’s West End ...

Motorists across the U.S. are increasingly being met with a roaring noise when they turn on the ignition due to surging thefts of catalytic converters, law enforcement officials say. The devices look ...

Last year, the U.S. Geological Survey proposed putting 50 minerals on a list of those critical to U.S. national security, two of them being palladium and platinum, both crucial to vehicle catalytic ...

(WFSB) - During the pandemic, catalytic converters were being stolen in record numbers. Lawmakers took action, but there is another reason why stealing converters isn’t so popular anymore. “A filter ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston is seeing a big decline in catalytic converter thefts after a spike last year sparked new ordinances in the city. ABC13's partners at the Houston Chronicle looked at ...

BRUNSWICK — Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reported 18 catalytic converters have been stolen ...

Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul, Minnesota, who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day. When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., ...

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