Catalytic converters are essential automotive exhaust system components, but they're extremely expensive, thanks, in part, to ...

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 ...

Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise, and the crime increase is fueled by a number of factors. The New York Times reports that police are sounding the alarm on an unusual nationwide surge in ...

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 ...

Catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise over the last few years and show no signs of slowing down, as the prices of the precious metals that they contain continue to skyrocket. According to ...

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 ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- West Allis police arrested a man caught trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car lot last week. Thefts of these car parts have risen in Milwaukee and across the ...

When Chicago resident Sam Horvath set out for an early morning yoga class the day after the Fourth of July, she turned the ignition on her 2004 Honda CR-V and heard an eerily familiar noise. Instead ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are once again seeing an uptick in catalytic converter thefts. Catalytic converters contain precious metals like platinum, which HPD says thieves are ...