Vehicles Stolen in Costa
Rica Found Around the
World
At least 38 vehicles
stolen in Costa Rica
were found in Central
America, the U.S. and
Europe during an
operation dubbed
"hurricane" by the
international police
organization. INTERPOL
and police agencies in
the Central America
region.
All the cars had been
reported stolen between
2005 and 2007.
The vehicles are part of
600 stolen vehicles that
left Central America and
headed for different
parts of the world.
The report indicates
that 38 vehicles, mainly
4x4 or SUV's and pickups
stolen in Costa Rica are
in Europe, Central
America and the United
States.
According to Jorge
Rojas, director of the
Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
the local police agency
now has the
responsibility of
getting the vehicles
back to Costa Rica and
contact their owners.
Rojas added that this is
only the first phase of
an ongoing
investigation, following
the capture and break up
of gangs dedicated to
this type of crime.
Rojas says that the
organizations are very
professional as they can
produce legal documents
and any other type of
documentation making it
very difficult that the
vehicle being sold or
shipped out of the
country was stolen.
The OIJ, as part of its
investigation, will be
furnishing the Registro
Nacional (national
register) with a list of
all stolen vehicles
around the world to
determine if any of
those vehicles were from
Costa Rica.
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