
Use some statistics to help sell more anti-theft products:
The facts on auto theft:
- The stolen car industry is a 600-million a year illicit industry in Canada.
- In Ontario, more than 52,000 cars are stolen each year.
- Sixty per cent are recovered in what are called transportation crimes (used and dumped).
- The remainder are the result of organized enterprise auto theft.
- Currently, 18,000 stolen cars remain unaccounted for in Ontario. That number doesn't include trucks, trailers or heavy equipment.
- The cost of auto theft to the public is 1. 2 billion a year. This equates to 48 per insurance policy holder.
- In Canada, 40 to 65 deaths or injuries a year are directly related to auto theft. Information provided by the Ontario Provincial Police Auto Theft Team