The first place the owner of a stolen car turns to is the police station. But according to statistics, the police finds only 20% of stolen cars. This is due to the high workload of employees and the lack of special interest, since the search for a vehicle, for obvious reasons, is of less importance than the search for people. But for the owner, finding a car is important, since the car costs decent money, sometimes they save up for it for years. Search for stolen cars a private structure can also organize - a detective agency that will conscientiously look for a car, as it has a material interest in the fee.

How does a detective agency look for a stolen car?

To search for a stolen car, it will take several employees of the agency and a lot of time to go around all known car dumps. The search for stolen cars in Moscow and other large cities of our country is especially difficult. Therefore, the search for stolen cars, as a rule, requires an advance payment from the owner. The absence of an advance payment should alert, it is possible that they are not going to look for a car especially, but only create an appearance. The fate of a stolen car can be different. The car can be dismantled and sold in parts for parts, they can kill the numbers with the help of illegal connections and put it on record or, again, illegally sell it at a lower cost. Also, detective agencies often use the services of informers, they know the schemes of hijackers. Going to an agency is much more productive than going to the police. The reward for finding a car is quite large. It can reach up to 30% of the cost. A reasonable question may arise: “What is the point of looking for a car if it is insured?”. If this thought occurred to you, then you have never worked with insurers. It is practically necessary to beat out payments from insurance companies. Particularly nimble insurance companies even organize their own "investigations", where they expose the owners as hijackers who want to profit from the payment. In any case, insurers are trying to minimize payments. So the search for stolen cars by the agency is economically justified.

Our agency "Mossysk" leads search for stolen cars in Moscow and the region for many years. Almost always a car can be found. And if it is not possible to find it, we inform the owner about it and do not mislead customers.

If your car is stolen, then this is definitely a problem for any owner. For some, it can also be a means of earning money, and the loss of transport threatens with a real disaster. What should I do to quickly find the vehicle and return it in a complete set? We will tell you how the search is going and how your actions can speed it up.

Car theft can be divided into 4 categories:

1. Driving outside the country or to other regions.
2. On order, a transport is stolen for a specific person, sometimes even an acquaintance, who provides information about the owner to criminals. In these cases, the most difficult to resist theft.
3. A common method of theft is the theft of a car with a subsequent ransom demand. The kidnappers thus sell the owner of his own property.
4. Less often, vehicles are stolen for disassembly for parts.

Sometimes the remedy is taken without malicious intent, for example, in a state of intoxication. Such cases are investigated most quickly.

Vehicle equipped with GPS

Stolen cars, if they are equipped with a GPS system, according to statistics, in 99% of cases are returned to the owner. The movement of vehicles is tracked literally in real time, since few of the hijackers use special devices that jam navigation systems. GPS search for stolen cars can be done immediately after the discovery of the loss:

1. Owners of vehicles with a GPS tracker need to open a service designed to track the movement of the car as soon as possible. You can immediately leave in the same direction and transfer the data on the movement to the police. If you have the keys and documents from the transport, be sure to take them with you.
2. It is imperative to contact the police so that they record the crime and intercept the hijackers. Try to transfer all data and changes regarding the movement of the machine so that it will be returned to you more quickly.
3. Most cars are left in the backyards of residential areas, but it is very dangerous to take your property alone. If you have found a location and are nearby, do not come close to avoid encountering criminals. In addition, the traffic police outfit is quite capable of misinterpreting such actions. And if you pick up the car yourself, then no one can guarantee you that the next day it will not be stolen again, only armed with a navigation jammer.
4. After the arrest, the police draw up a report and inspect the car. Try to give as detailed information as possible about the possible signs of the thieves, inspect the vehicle yourself for missing items or damage. Then just follow the instructions given to you by the staff.

How to search for cars without GPS

Finding stolen cars in the absence of a GPS system can be just as fast. Often, for some time, the attackers really leave it in some courtyard, knowing that the owner will contact the police. During the active actions of employees, the chance to find a vehicle is much higher, so the person himself must be quite active.

Contacting the police

The search for any stolen cars under the interception plan is announced within half an hour from the moment he disappeared, so if this is your case, immediately dial the duty unit on the standard number 02.

Sometimes the search stops at this stage, as it turns out that the car was simply parked incorrectly and transported to the impound lot. Information about this is provided just by the duty unit.

If for you interception is a way to quickly return your property, then for police officers it often helps to prevent another, more serious crime. In this case, cars with special equipment are often used, which read information from numbers and provide employees with information about theft.

In a telephone conversation, try to convey all the important data about your vehicle that would help in the search, for example, the presence of a towbar, any patterns on the body, stickers. Provide information about the configuration, color, brand, model range, time and area where the car disappeared. If there was any personal property inside, list that as well.

It is possible that the hijackers were in an accident, so in cases where you do not know how much time has passed since the loss, to be informed of the latest accidents involving similar cars. Some commit a crime while intoxicated, while others may simply not be able to manage.

After the call, you will need to visit the police station to fill out an application. If the interception was not announced, then the employees will begin to act only after receiving it. Sometimes the owner has to call several more times in order to find out information and remind them of the search. To do this, after the application is accepted, take the contact details and full name of the person who will investigate the case.

Hiring a detective

Not everyone trusts our valiant police and prefers to entrust the search for their stolen cars to private agencies after writing a statement. This method is suitable for people who are willing to pay a certain amount for its search. Before contacting a certain agency, be sure to look for information about it. If there are reviews in which a person says that the car was soon re-hijacked, then this is an occasion to think about the conscientiousness of the detective.

Some believe that after a week the chance to find the vehicle is very small, but do not stop any search for your property.

Fraud on the part of the agency may also consist in the fact that after receiving payment for the service, employees will not search for the vehicle, although the client is told that the search is actively underway. Moreover, some detectives are in cahoots with the kidnappers and, getting information directly from the lips of the victim, pass it on to the attackers. If the search does not give results for a long time and the agency employee began to say that the car could no longer be returned, it was dismantled, it was overtaken, etc., then it is better to find another office.

Significant assistance in finding any stolen vehicles is provided by the right agencies. It is desirable that the detective you are contacting is a former law enforcement officer and is experienced. In such offices, either they do not take an advance payment, or it is small. If the agency often works on such cases, then they may have information about where stolen cars are most often left, they have informants who help to find it faster.

In a word, if you decide to connect third-party structures to the search for an iron horse, get a recommendation from reliable friends and read reviews on the Internet. And be sure to coordinate the actions of the investigator with the activities of the agency.

Independent search

Searching for a car on your own, bypassing the police, is an unreasonable decision, since in the absence of an investigation it will be impossible to receive compensation for possible damage, including insurance. Yes, and the hijackers in this case will go unpunished. But you yourself can also take steps to search for him and provide the information found to the investigator.

You can take the following steps:

1. Inspect the place where the theft was committed so that evidence, if any, is not inadvertently destroyed. They should be carefully collected (preferably in a bag and not touching their surface), and then handed over to the arriving police.
2. Pay attention to cars that are similar to yours, because the hijackers may not repaint the car, but only change the numbers.
3. If you have friends who serve in the traffic police, you can ask them to make their way through the VIN number for similar cars.
4. Spread the word about the theft online, in newspapers, and on car forums.

The database of stolen cars will help to find it faster, so you can provide data about it to make it easier for other people to recognize it and tell you if they have seen the vehicle anywhere.

Joint search with the police

The search for any stolen cars is, of course, a purely law enforcement matter, but it must not be denied that you also want to return your own property as soon as possible. There can be a lot of requests for theft and they will not physically have time to take all the necessary actions, and in the meantime the evidence becomes irrelevant and the chance to find the vehicle is getting lower. Employees should be involved in the actions described below, but you will greatly help in the search if you connect to them. So, what measures must be taken:

If after some time the hijackers called with an offer to buy a car, remember that by agreeing, you are taking a huge risk. Even if they return it without deceit, no one guarantees that such a “deal” will be repeated, because the criminals are convinced that you are solvent and accommodating.

Theft can happen to every car owner, so in such a situation, the main thing is to keep a sober head, behave correctly with the police and help the search in every possible way. Protect your car, choose paid parking lots, install a GPS system, in a word, reduce the likelihood of theft to a minimum so as not to lose your own property.

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How are stolen cars found?

How stolen cars are found - this question is of interest to many motorists who have suffered from hijackers, who can act both individually and in whole groups. The statistics on thefts and searches in Russia as a whole are not the most comforting - according to various estimates, it is possible to find from 7 to 15 percent of stolen cars. That is, out of 100 cases, only 7-15 can be solved.

We have already told readers of the portal site about. Now I would like to know what methods are used to search for stolen cars.

Of course, employees of internal organs do not reveal all their secrets, but you can get a rough picture. First of all, the victim is required to report the theft to the police as soon as possible. This must be done so that the criminals do not have time to escape.

After you have provided all the data of the car and written an application, the information about the vehicle is entered into the unified databases of the traffic police and becomes available at all traffic police posts, the traffic police patrol. Operation "Interception" begins - that is, cars that match the description will be stopped and checked.

In addition, in each division of the traffic police there are groups of specialists involved in stolen cars. From time to time, search activities are carried out when employees walk around parking lots, parking lots, garages and repair shops, checking numbers and VIN codes, checking documents from owners. Particular attention is paid to those vehicles that are among the most stolen models.

When carrying out operational-search activities, the traffic police closely cooperates with the police. A criminal case is initiated and an ORD or ORM begins - operational-search actions / measures in the case of the theft of movable property. There are a number of methodological manuals on how ORDs are conducted. They imply close cooperation between various departments, in addition, information is exchanged between the relevant services of different countries.

During the investigation, 3 typical situations may arise:

• detection of the vehicle and persons responsible for its theft;
• the vehicle was found, but the hijackers managed to escape;
• the whereabouts of neither the vehicle nor the persons who committed the hijacking have been established.

It also happens that operatives detain an organized group of people or hijackers working alone, after which they find out if they are involved in other crimes.

Note also that there are two terms in legal practice that refer to a missing car:

• hijacking - taking possession of a vehicle without the purpose of stealing it;
• theft - taking possession for the purpose of theft, that is, illegal resale, sawing, and so on.

The detective, who is responsible for conducting the case, applies all existing developments and methods in the search process: a thorough examination of the scene, the search for various traces and evidence - broken glass, traces of the car itself, cigarette butts, paint particles. Such an inspection helps to establish the method of theft, the approximate number of persons who committed the crime, the further fate of the car - they towed it, loaded it onto a tow truck, left on their own.

The greatest amount of evidence is found if thieves entered the garage.

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The next step is to inspect nearby yards with the victim. If everything is done quickly, then the criminals do not have enough time to hide far away, in which case the car can be detected in parking lots, garages, workshops.

Search for stolen cars using modern tools

In parallel with the police, traffic police and traffic police posts work. To date, their capabilities have been significantly expanded due to the introduction of video and photo recording cameras in large cities. So, at the end of 2013, the Web program began to operate in Moscow, the main goal of which is to analyze the movement of vehicles within Moscow. It can recognize the make and model of a car, as well as read the license plates, immediately checking them against the database of stolen cars.

A huge database stores information about the routes of movement of many millions of Moscow cars. A simple principle is used here - most motorists always drive along the same routes. And if it suddenly turns out that a car that is registered in the North-Eastern Administrative District disappears from sight for a long time, and then suddenly it is noticed in the South-Western Administrative District, this may seem suspicious. And even if the number of the car has already been changed, the system will check if this brand is listed in the theft databases. An alarm signal is sent to the inspector on duty and he can check the vehicle on the spot.

According to statistics for 2013, thanks to this system, it was possible to find about four thousand cars, which amounted to about 40% of the total number of stolen cars. Whether this is true or not, we cannot confirm, but the Web system is currently operating only in Moscow and the Moscow suburbs, and has about 111,000 cameras. Approximately the same way works and another system of recognition of numbers - "Flow".

Employees and tracking tools are used in their work with the help of or. But this is only effective if your car was equipped with this tool. In addition, professional hijackers know millions of ways to disable or silence all of these tools.

Also, by and large, the police are well aware of almost every one of us and suspicious individuals are always taken into account. Therefore, it will not be difficult for them to find out from their numerous informants who is involved in the theft of a particular car.

But various factors come into play:

• lack of time and people;
• banal unwillingness to work;
• connections - you can find a lot of stories that the police themselves are tied to this business.

The car in our time is becoming such an indispensable item that more and more often we cannot imagine how comfortable and full it is to live without this means of transportation. Moreover, many car owners become attached to their car as to an animated creature - they give names to cars, use only the best oils and care products, try to decorate the car and make it original and individual. And the more effort and emotion invested in your car, the harder it becomes to lose it - especially when it comes to theft. It is wrong and insulting that the car that you bought with your hard-earned money will serve as a means of profit for criminals. Of course, the police will be able to help in this unpleasant situation - I must say that the percentage of disclosure of thefts about the country is quite high, so the chances that the car will return to you are not bad. But the workload of our law enforcement agencies can lead to the fact that the search for your car will be delayed. To speed up the process, you can try to search for cars through your channels or seek additional help from private detectives. with the help of detective agencies - this is another very effective way to get your property back in a short time.

Stolen car found

The search for stolen cars, like the work of a detective, is a specific activity, as it includes several features and nuances. So, in comparison with other property, the car has much larger dimensions - and it would seem that it is more difficult to hide it, especially if it goes unnoticed. But the mobility of the car gives attackers an advantage in this matter - after all, by car you can easily leave the city and even the region, where it will be much more problematic to find this vehicle.

In general, an effective search for stolen cars in Moscow and other cities largely depends on how quickly you start searching. If you start work immediately, then the chances that the car can be returned increase many times over. Therefore, if you find yourself in such an unpleasant situation, then do not rush to despair - contacting a detective agency will be the right decision on the way to the return of your property.

working methods

Searching for stolen cars in Moscow requires well-thought-out actions, as well as a little luck - with the combination of these factors, you will again get behind the wheel of your car quite quickly. But if we can’t influence luck in any way, then professional and well-coordinated ones can significantly advance us along the path of finding a car.

The main work on the search for a car includes the following actions:

• The collection of detailed information about the car is not only the registration number, brand and color, but also special signs - chips, scratches, body fragments painted in other colors that differ from the main one and other features that may attract the attention of witnesses and the employee himself in the process of searching;
• Interviewing possible witnesses to the theft is time-consuming work, especially if the car was stolen from a busy thoroughfare, but this is a necessary event, since the testimony of even one witness can lead to the trail of criminals;
• Searching for stolen trucks or cars is impossible in the modern world without watching CCTV cameras. With the help of these devices, you can not only trace the route of the car, but even establish the appearance of the hijackers.

The cost of searching for stolen cars is calculated individually for each client, since you can never say in advance how much effort will be spent on finding a car. However, in any case, it will be an incomparably more modest amount than the cost of a new car.