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San Francisco Mayor London Breed has ordered city agencies to stop ticketing cars if they are determined to have been stolen or broken into. After of a string of 2,000 reported stolen vehicles between May 1 and September 17, 2023, it was determined that more than 400 of those stolen cars received parking citations. Many victims of vehicle theft have even resorted to checking online ticketing databases as a way to locate their stolen cars. As reported by KTVU, the city will have to come up with a solution for police and transportation officials to be able to identify a...

Be careful where you park your car, it might not be there when you come back. Chicago — like much of the nation — has seen a huge rise in car thefts since 2020, with no let-up in sight. Adding to the problem, the Chicago Police Department has linked several recent robbery sprees to stolen vehicles. That comes as carmakers Kia and Hyundai face scrutiny for failing to provide adequate security systems for their cars. Last Friday, Northwest Side resident Matt Nalett spotted a stolen Hyundai Tuscon in an alley just off of the intersection of North and Cicero avenues....

AMLO calls on Biden administration to slow migration flows by investing in jobs and social programs in Northern Triangle countries EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The president of Mexico will be in Juarez late Friday to talk about the growing problem of cars illegally imported from the United States. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is expected to announce an amnesty to allow the owners of 100,000 so-called “crooked” or “chocolate” cars in Juarez to legally register their vehicles next year, the Office of Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar said. Juarez and Chihuahua state officials say unregistered cars pose a public safety...

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A total of 14 South Korean vehicles carrying aid shipments for the Iraqi people have been seized by unidentified armed militants in Iraq since last month, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. But no South Korean nationals were captured or detained during the seizures, the ministry said, adding that the vehicles all belong to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). "The South Korean vehicles were seized near Baghdad by some armed militants on two occasions, Sept. 19 and 21, while transporting aid materials from the Jordanian port of Aqaba to Baghdad," the ministry said in...