Ministerie van Justitie

Organized car theft : characteristics and backgrounds of an illegal industry

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Author(s):

Ferwerda, H., Arts, N., Bie, E. de, Leiden, I. van

Organisation:

WODC, Beke

Place of publication:

Amsterdam, Arnhem

Publisher(s):

SWP, Advies- en Onderzoeksgroep Beke

Year of publication:

2005

ISBN:

90-6665-665-4

Summary

This study focuses on the organized stealing and illegal trading of cars. The following questions are central in this study: What is the nature (in particular who are the offenders and offender groups and how do they operate) of organized car theft in the Netherlands, to what extent is car theft performed by syndicates (its degree of organization) and what does this mean for both prevention and repression of this problem.

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