Not really. Those don’t go on specialized car freighters, they’re just packed into a shipping container.
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bassomitron@lemmy.world 7 months agoI’m no expert, but wouldn’t it be very expensive to ship a bunch of cars to a different continent? Particularly stolen ones?
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Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
There is a good CBC Marketplace video where they went to Africa somewhere and found all these cars for sale, checked the gloveboxes and found the insurance papers, then called the people who’s cars were stolen.
Here it is: youtu.be/gshyozP-GY8?si=oSVlA9MqVq8NVlo-
Grimy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yea but not as expensive as shipping a bunch of cars and also paying full price.
A quick google tells me 90% of the legal trade is shipped by boat, so you are paying for the boat regardless.