Source: Al-Jomhouria
Al-Jomhouria posted today statistics related to cars stolen over the past five years in Lebanon. I assume the source is the ISF since the numbers match for the years 2009 and 2010 but the ISF stats are not yet updated.
As you can see, the number of stolen cars has almost doubled between 2012 and 2013 and there are around 5000 cars that haven’t been returned and that we know nothing about. The sad part in all this is that the sides that are behind most of the car thefts are apparently well known, but nothing can be done to stop them.
The Masrou2a App I had posted about previously would definitely help identify the bad guys, and lead the cops to the source, but it’s useless if there’s no green light to arrest these criminals.
Lebanese officials are now facing the consequences of their own negligence. Had they paid attention to car thefts from the beginning, we wouldn’t have had 5000 potentially rigged cars.
What they don’t say about the cars that have been returned is that they are returned in exchange for a sum of money, which is the case when the cars are taken to Brital for example.
My Toyota Rav 4 2001 was stolen on July 15, 2016 from Al Marad Street in Tripoli which is a high end high security area. I filed a police report al Al Tal police station. I did not get any feedback