All that is left of Matt Henderson‘s 2021 GMC Yukon are a few pieces of shattered glass on his driveway. His vehicle was stolen from his driveway last Wednesday, while the family slept.
"Over the last two or three years, really since the pandemic when there was a supply chain issue with the new and used vehicles, organized crime has been targeting vehicles from Canada particularity Ontario and Quebec and they found it extremely lucrative," Bryan Gast, vice president investigative services with Équité Association, said.
"Organized crime and the car thrives have the technology to plug into that same port and do a reprogramming theft. So we recommend putting an OBD port lock on it, it’s a device that goes onto it and prevents access." "The immobilizer will stop the vehicle from being moved and the alarm system will stop thieves from getting inside," says Aidan Derouchie with Derand Motorsports. "In Ottawa this year, theft has gone up over 30 per cent and we’re booking about two or three deterrent systems a day.”