1919 Magazine covers justice and social affairs issues in Scotland and is published on the first Tuesday of every month
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11/2024 – ‘Britain’s police branded ‘outrageous’ as report shows shock figures on non-hate crime incidents: ‘We’ve lost the plot!’. Read more here.
11/2024 – Chair of National Police Chiefs’ Council says major changes needed urgently to make service fit for modern age; huge and urgent changes needed to end a postcode lottery for victims: ‘We need to do it once, and well, for all’. Read more here.
11/2024 – Op’ Thai-tanium – ‘stolen by fraud'(!) supercars (Telegraph) local copy
10/2024 – Ministers bring together industry experts and consumer champions to tackle spiralling costs for drivers. Factors driving up the cost of insurance include … ‘rising car thefts’. Read more here.
10/2024 – Should we standardise the position of a VIN – the Vehicle Identification Number?
This ‘comes at a time when organised crime gangs now see vehicle crime as a hugely profitable part of their criminal portfolio yet many police forces unfortunately still treat it as a low priority crime‘ (source)
10/2024 – ‘Judges in test case rule it was unlawful for lenders to pay commission to car dealers without borrowers’ knowledge’ (source)
“This is a significant and unexpected judgment, the implications of which stretch far beyond the motor finance sector, making it an issue that demands the immediate attention of the Financial Conduct Authority,” said the FLA director general, Stephen Haddrill.
- Martin Lewis has provided a ‘Car finance FREE reclaim tool & guide‘.
- 18/11/2024 – ‘Close Brothers faces key meeting over car finance scandal‘
- 03/2025 – High Court confirms 5,800 motor finance claimants can use omnibus claim forms
- 04/2025 – Motor finance compensation ruling ‘goes too far’, says City regulator
09/2024 – 316 stolen vehicles recovered in intensification week (NPCC)
- Op Alliances is delivered by Opal
theft of car keys … an increasingly common tactic used by criminal
08/2024 – Thousands hit by fines from cloned car plates (BBC)
07/2024 – ‘stealing’ financed cars from Britain (This is Money & DriveSpark)
- NaVCIS has prevented the theft of – or returned – 320 stolen financed motors since 2021
- NaVCIS is funded by the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) and has one role: to track down and recover stolen finance vehicles
- foreign police services have expressed an interest in cooperating with NaVCIS.
04/2024 – Payouts for vehicle theft (of and from a vehicle), and the average theft claim were both at record levels. The £669 million paid out rose by 23% on the £543 million paid in 2022. This, and the average theft of a vehicle claim of £12,600, were both the highest on record (source).
04/2024 – NaVCIS assist Hertfordshire Police in £2 million car finance fraud investigation (NaVCIS)
- 75 cars valued at more than £2 million were stolen.
02/2024 – Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago. Jaguar Land Rover announced a £10m investment last November to upgrade security for commonly stolen models for cars built between 2018 and 2022.
2023
05/2023 – Car crime on the rise: vehicle thefts rocket by 25% in 2022. The annual total of stolen vehicles in the UK rose from 104,435 to 130,389 in 2022, new figures from the Office of National Statistics show. (Motoring Research)
- “We urge police chiefs and crime commissioners across the country to create an action plan to crack the issue.”