The Expert Podcast

…This is why vehicle titles are so important and why a lot of export vehicles that come from auctions. Our highly prone for title investigations. This is an article…about vehicles that were stolen in the us and were exported to another country. And they were discovered in Europe. And what happens is when people steal vehicles in the United States it's very difficult. To title them in the United States Cause that VIN number that serial number is flagged as being stolen So if you go to any. all 50 states in the us. They will access a federal record system called the national motor vehicle title information system it'll come up as stolen and you can't title it or if there's a lien on it. Right Even if it's not stolen, if somebody has a $50,000 car with a $50,000 lien you can't sell it Right. But if you ship it to another country, you can stop paying the lien. And the car might be able to be titled.

So how does the United States prevent that What they do is unlike many other types of commodities. when a vehicle is shipped and export it. The customs and border protection CBP part of Homeland security, they inspect vehicles on the way out Usually you think of customs inspecting things on the way in which they do. But vehicles are also checked on the way out because they want to make sure that no vehicles are leaving there Shouldn't be leaving right. That are stolen have liens that somebody owns or have other problems. So what people will do. Is they will try to get these vehicles out by. them inside of a container Look a vehicle doesn't need to be packed in a container. You can just put that on a… shipping. vehicle transporter and it can ship that way. So if you hide it inside of a container and call it auto parts or something else and bury it underneath things, then it won't be inspected and they will find that VIN number. But these vehicles were discovered at the other end when they were coming off the boat, this Spanish version of Our customs discovered these vehicles. Contacted see. and found that there were stolen. This is why a lot of times. Stolen vehicles. They try to export or quickly. Because that way they can get them out of the country

Now, a lot of times these vehicles have trackers on them where they can see them at the port. Port facilities have very high tech. Methods to discover vehicles inside a container They can x-ray the container. They could use dogs to smell. vehicle type scents inside of a container…and they catch lot of them They catch batches of 30 40 vehicles at a time leaving the country A lot of them are vehicles that aren't truly stolen. They have liens on it because here's the reason if you bring a vehicle to another country, Right. And you try to title it with that VIN number, even though it's not in the us many other countries will check United States. VIN numbers to see if it's stolen and they won't title a stolen car even in another country, but leans a lot of times aren't checked. So if you have very high end vehicles that you get a lien on you borrow money. to buy the vehicle. Now you can ship it and sell it for cash even at a discount. It put that money in your pocket. So customs is a very important part of title fraud or title washing because that VIN number sticks with that vehicle in this country You're not going to be able to do much with it, but if you can get it overseas, Or get it across the border. Many times you can try. To get ownership of it Get that value extracted for a stolen vehicle a lean vehicle or one with a bad title. So… the title. Defect is not a problem. If you're dealing with it another country that doesn't subscribe to the United States, title research or title background.