Prove ownership or lose vehicles in 21 days – EOCO to owners

The Economic and Organised Crime Office(EOCO) has directed owners of some Eight(8) luxurious vehicles to prove ownership or risk forfeiting them in 21 days.

In a statement reference number DP/145/145V.1/13, it reads “The under-listed vehicles were seized by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (BOCO) following a series of operations over the years. The Office entreats owners of the published vehicles to come forward with proof of ownership to claim their vehicles. The Office will dispose of the vehicles in 21 days”

It would be recalled that  Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and other state security agencies started working hard to crack down on alleged criminal syndicates that flood the markets with stolen cars that they sell at prevailing market prices.

More than Forty(40) vehicles stolen from Canada last year alone were traced to Ghana in yet another attempt by the Federal Bureau of Investigations(FBI) of the USA  in collaboration with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Ghana.

Countless Canadians are said to be  losing their cars to criminal gangs that steal them and promptly ship them through mainly the Montreal Port to Africa and other parts of the world. These criminal syndicates are sending thousands of such stolen cars to Ghana to sell to unsuspecting buyers.

The daring gangs sometimes leave documents of the original owners from whom they have been stolen intact in the cars they sell to car dealerships in Ghana, according to a CBC News report.

“Auto theft considered a ‘national crisis’ in Canada, with nearly all stolen cars exported by organized crime,” the report said.

In one intriguing incident of car theft, “a car was stolen from a Toronto driveway in less than five minutes. Months later, CBC News journalists called the owner with the stunning news that they had found this car in Ghana.

The call from Ghana woke Len Green at the Toronto home where his prized vehicle had been stolen a year earlier.

His documents had been left intact in the stolen car that was now being displayed for sale in Ghana.

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