There's a crime wave sweeping the world right now.
- [Newsreader] The troubling trend targeting a key car component.
- [Newsreader 2] Thieves targeting cars for their catalytic converters.
- These thefts that take just minutes to carry out.
- And a thief can remove one from your car in 60 seconds or less.
- You feel violated.
- [Joe] The thieves are on the hunt for something that fetches big bucks on the black market.
- [Newsreader 3] A nearly $7 million theft ring.
- [Newsreader 4] They want the valuable metals inside the converters.
- [Interviewee] This would be a very quick way for them to make a quick buck.
