Stolen USA cars linked to terror attacks in Iraq, caution video is disturbing !
A FBI report that says stolen cars from the U.S. are turning up in the hands of terrorists overseas is raising new questions about security at American ports.
Tens of millions of dollars in stolen cars, head out of USA ports and overseas every year.
With one car stolen every three minutes in the USA, the cost for all Americans who pay insurance premiums is more than a billion dollars. "You've got twenty to thirty-thousand higher-end stolen vehicles leaving the USA (Port of Tampa) every year and they are worth $50,000 each.
"We've had situations where members of their operation have indicated that stolen vehicles are headed for example to the Port of Tampa, and even knowing that they let those stolen vehicles proceed out of the port,". The insurance industry has been arguing that stolen cars shipped out of the ports in containers should be searched by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection a division of the Department of Homeland Security, but they are not. "When the Insurance Bureau brought them the cold hard facts, and offered them the information, they resisted it, and they're still resisting it to this day,". "I don't think they want to do U. S. Federal law enforcement work."
There are also mounting concerns about where these cars are heading, according to a recent report in the Boston Globe. A small number (much more than thought) of stolen cars swiped off the streets of America are showing up in the hands of Iraqi insurgents, who are using them as car bombs, according to the FBI.
The FBI has declined to pinpoint how many stolen U.S. cars have been used as car bombs in Iraq but said the number is believed to be at least in the dozens. In the United States alone, authorities estimate one million vehicles are stolen every year. But only about 35 per cent of them are ever found.
More recently, the case against the suspected terrorist cell that allegedly plotted to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York includes evidence of falsified vehicle registration documents. Meanwhile, law enforcement officials have uncovered a crime syndicate in Los Angeles that is believed to have shipped stolen vehicles to the breakaway Russian region of Chechnya, a hotbed of Muslim extremist activity. Stolen American vehicles continue to show up in the hands of Iraqi insurgents. "There is a very strong link to terrorism," said Jerry Cox, an attorney for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which fights insurance fraud and vehicle theft on behalf of more than 1,000 insurance providers and members of the automotive industry.
Bill Warner, Private Investigator
