Law enforcement agencies across Minnesota say they are ready to tap into a new resource meant to help victims of stolen cars and stolen car parts — a centralized database that records sales at scrap ...

Catalytic converters are integrated into the exhaust systems of cars to convert, or turn, the harmful gasses and pollutants from the engine exhaust system into a less toxic state. Catalytic converters ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The owner of a scrap metal business on Dixie Highway wants to make it harder for people who steal catalytic converters to be able to sell them for scrap. In January alone, ...

The unmistakable sound of a car running without its catalytic converter is getting louder in Minnesota. Recent studies of insurance claims, including one by State Farm, place Minnesota in the top five ...

Nationwide in 2019 an average of 282 catalytic converters were reported stolen from vehicles each month, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). In pandemic-skewered 2020, however, ...

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When the price of precious metals began tumbling late last summer, so too did demand for stolen catalytic converters, the exhaust-cleaning components that can be cut from a vehicle’s undercarriage in ...