Canada is in the grip of a car-theft epidemic - one that looks less like petty crime and more like a billion-dollar logistics business. Since 2020, thousands of late-model SUVs and pickups have vanished from suburban driveways, funneled through ports, and shipped overseas in a global supply chain run by organized crime.

In this episode, we dig into the anatomy of the surge: 75 organized crime groups in Ontario alone, a 62% year-over-year increase in professional theft rings, and a single border sweep that netted 598 stolen vehicles at the Port of Montreal. Insurance losses hit an unprecedented $1.5 billion in 2023, triple the pre-pandemic average.

But there’s a twist: in 2024 and 2025, thefts finally began to fall. Why? Not because of courtroom battles over bail refor ...