In 2022, thefts nationwide were 540% higher than all of 2020, public data company BeenVerified found. Thieves are slipping under cars to swipe catalytic converters, those pollution-control gadgets ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Since the start of the pandemic, the amount of catalytic converters stolen from vehicles has grown greatly across the United States. Catalytic converters: Which vehicles are ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

You probably think of your car’s catalytic converter as a forgettable chunk of metal under the chassis. Federal prosecutors say Tou Sue Vang saw it as a gold mine, orchestrating a pipeline of stolen ...

Claims for stolen catalytic converters doubled in the year ending June 2022, according to State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the U.S., whose customers reported more than 43,200 stolen converters ...

It's become a fear many Houstonians have when they leave a vehicle unattended: Is a thief coming to crawl underneath and saw off the catalytic converter? Catalytic converter thefts have soared in ...

New York City and Long Island have witnessed the most dramatic surge in catalytic converter thefts in New York A man was killed last year trying to steal a catalytic converter in Westchester County ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The skyrocketing value of the precious metals inside catalytic converters has launched a massive black market industry where thieves are cashing in on a ...

When a viral video captures thieves sliding under a parked car and sawing off its catalytic converter in seconds, you feel how fragile your daily mobility really is. In California, where this crime ...