OVERVIEW: REDUCING THE COST
OF VEHICLE THEFT
Reducing the cost of theft requires responses that diminish
the lucrative returns to those parties who seek to deal in stolen vehicles
and parts, and/or increase the likelihood of their activities being
detected.
The NMVTRC’s
strategies to reduce the COST of vehicle
theft include the following measures:
- Maximising stolen vehicle prevention and detection outcomes through
auditing and reporting on transport agency and insurance company
compliance with national information exchange and written-off vehicle
related business rules and protocols;
- Reviewing the outcomes of jurisdictional vehicle identity inspection
models to identify any systemic weaknesses and/or potential improvements;
- Establishing multi-agency agreements to provide public and industry
access to cross-border vehicle information;
- Negotiating third party access to national information systems
to enhance the business practices of insurers and the motor trades
and reduce the incidence of fraud;
- Ensuring police service priority to vehicle theft investigation
is maintained;
- Ensuring appropriate priority is assigned to the collation of
intelligence on organised vehicle crime within the new national police
intelligence structure;
- Limiting Australia’s
exposure to the international trade in stolen vehicles and
parts through development of export related prevention and
detection strategies;
- Continuing expansion of improved vehicle identification systems
into mainstream vehicle manufacturing;
- Developing infrastructure and systems to support implementation
of a full vehicle component identification system;
- Facilitating insurance industry commitment to identified vehicle
related fraud reduction strategies;
- Introducing a parts recycling code of practice to minimise the
likelihood of stolen parts being used unwittingly in the legitimate
recycling and vehicle repair industries; and
- Continuing to refine CARS data processing to deliver even more
timely analysis of theft trends to stakeholders.
For details of individual projects, click here.
