The most expensive recovered stolen vehicles included a 2022 Lamborghini Urus worth over $250,000.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized hundreds of stolen luxury vehicles worth over $17 million, including Lamborghinis and Aston Martins, that criminals were trying to export to foreign countries.The Baltimore Field Office intercepted 343 stolen vehicles in the fiscal year 2022-2023. They were valued at an estimated $17.7 million, according to newly released data by CBP, a 44% increase over the previous year's recoveries.
'The international trade in stolen vehicles is just one of many revenue streams for transnational criminal organizations, so Customs and Border Protection officers will continue to strike back by recovering these vehicles and reuniting them with their lawful owners,' said Matthew Davies, acting director of CBP's Baltimore Field Office. 'Auto theft remains a rising concern in the United States.
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