After reaching a record-breaking number of catalytic converter thefts just two years ago, a new reports shows drivers may be ...

According to State Farm, catalytic converter theft claims peaked in 2022, as the company recorded approximately 45,000 claims ...

The catalytic converter is located upstream of the muffler, close to the engine, and it changes environmentally damaging pollutants in the exhaust stream into more benign gases. Under extreme heat ...

A North Carolina scrap ... Catalytic converters are frequently targeted for theft due to the high value of the precious metals in their cores, such as palladium, platinum, and rhodium, some of which ...

(WFSB) - During the pandemic, catalytic converters were being stolen in record ... It jacked up the prices higher than we have ever seen,” said Genovese. Plus, the Feds have made lots of arrests.

Catalytic converters contain metals such as platinum and rhodium which fetch high prices on the black market. When values of these metals go up it usually leads to a spate of thefts, the RAC and ...

But in 2023, new legislation in Minnesota made it illegal to possess a detached catalytic converter that doesn't contain the VIN of the matching car. The law also requires scrap metal dealers to enter ...

A North Carolina man pled guilty to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft ring operated through his business in Emporia. Theodore Nicholas Papouloglou, 45, aa scrap metal ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nearly 200 Staten Islanders made their way to Father Capodanno Boulevard last Friday afternoon to ...

and must not pay cash for scrap metal. Those selling stolen catalytic converters may: Want to be paid in cash and make no record of the transaction. Refuse to provide proof of identity. Refuse to ...