York Regional Police

York Regional Police say their cargo theft unit, together with the Canada Border Services Agency and Maltese authorities, tracked down 64 vehicles valued at ...

Between March 2021 and December 2022, investigators recovered 70 stolen vehicles at a value of $4.5 million, police say. The now-recovered vehicles from Malta brings the number of total number of vehicle recovered to more than 130, they say. Dozens of vehicles stolen from in and around the Greater Toronto Area were tracked down thousands of kilometres away in shipping containers on the island-nation of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, police say.

York Regional Police said the vehicles were recovered as part of Project Majestic.

Officers said those vehicles were in addition to the recently recovered vehicles in Malta, bringing the total number of recovered vehicles to over 130, valued at $8 million. Police said the containers were then loaded onto ships to be delivered to buyers in Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The vehicles were then either driven to the Port of Montreal or loaded into shipping containers in Toronto and transported to Montreal by rail.

Project Majestic began in early 2021, with members of the Auto Cargo Theft Unit working in collaboration with Toronto Police Auto Theft Suppression Project, the ...

The vehicles were then driven directly to the Port of Montreal or loaded into shipping containers in Toronto and transported to Montreal by rail, police said. Project Majestic began in early 2021, with members of the Auto Cargo Theft Unit working in collaboration with Toronto Police Auto Theft Suppression Project, the Peel Regional Police Commercial Auto Crime Unit and Peel Regional Police Criminal Investigations Bureaus. The vehicles were reportedly found in the Republic of Malta in Southern Europe, and have been returned to Canada.

The York Regional Police Auto Cargo Theft Unit recovered dozens of vehicles valued at a total of $3.5 million in the Republic of Malta, and have since returned ...

This brings the total number of recovered vehicles to more than 130, valued at $8 million. Containers were finally loaded onto ships and delivered to buyers in Africa and the UAE. Between March 2021 and December 2022, more than 70 vehicles were seized, with a value of more than $4.5 million, in addition to the recently recovered vehicles in Malta.

Investigators say the stolen vehicles were found in Malta and were set to be sold illegally in Africa and Arab Emirates.

Investigators identified a criminal syndicate responsible for stealing high-end vehicles, including Lexus, Toyota and Honda sport utility vehicles, ...

The containers were then loaded onto ships and vehicles delivered to buyers in Africa and the United Arab Emirates. On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, following a two-month investigation, investigators executed eight search warrants across the GTA and in Brossard, Quebec. The vehicles were driven directly to the Port of Montreal or loaded into shipping containers in Toronto and transported to Montreal by rail, police said.