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Lacking Intelligence — or Just Ignoring It?
Stolen Vehicles Are Disappearing From National Records — But Who Wants to Know How Many?
The ICO Says “Yes”, the Police Say “No”
Hard Work – not the Answer to ICO Delays?
Vehicle Theft: Are We Measuring or Hiding the Loss?
Vehicle Abandonments Raise Questions Over Theft Claims
The Intelligence Arrived. Then the Trail Went Cold.
When ‘Many Requests’ may not mean ‘Many Requests’
DVLA Fraud – Inside the System
NaVCIS – Industry-Funded Enforcement — But How, Exactly?
FoIA & AI: Formulating Better Requests, Not More Noise
Home Office Records Reveal NaVCIS Was “Working Month to Month”
Inside the NPCC’s FoI Referral Unit
13. What Better Practice Would Look Like
Stolen in Britain, Sold Abroad
12. The Low Cost Check That May Save £1,000’s
11. Good Faith Is Not Enough
10. The Power Imbalance
Collaboration or Endorsement? A Closer Look at NVCRP Engagement
9. Trackers Do More Than Recover Cars
8. The Theft to Recovery Timeline
7. Investigation – Insurers vs. Police
6. The Police (Property) Act:
5. Moving the Vehicle Along – Disposal
Policy Question: Is Automated Weeding Necessary?
4. Police Powers to Seize Do Not Decide Ownership
FOI Update: “Not Held” and the Question of Process
3. Who Helps The Innocent?
Remote Technology and Stolen Vehicles
2. The Innocent Purchaser
The ICO – running out of time?
1. A Police Crime Report Is Not a Title Decision
The Problem With Crime Numbers:
When Recorded Theft Is Not Believed
NaVCIS Funding: Still No Specifics
Agreed Police disclosure procedures not followed
£50 for a Police Report Update?
Section 184 Data Protection Act 2018
Keyless Taking or Key Questions?
When ‘Sale or Return’ Goes Wrong
BBC Crimewatch ‘Car Cloning’
Keyless Vehicle Theft:
Accusations of Criminality
Thefts Down – Except for Newer Cars!
Increase Pre-Crush Retention Period to 28 days?
Reducing Vehicle Theft by up to 30%
‘The Others’ … are you among them?
The State of Vehicle Taking in the UK: A Crisis of Enforcement, Not Engineering
Keystone Krooks – but £1.4 million stolen!
2024 Vehicle Theft – how well (or otherwise) did your constabulary perform?
Vehicle Crime. Is Police Language Bluring Facts?
Superficial Approach to Vehicle Taking Overlooked Organised Crime
Keyless Vehicle Taking – Really?

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