You probably think of your car’s catalytic converter as a forgettable chunk of metal under the chassis. Federal prosecutors say Tou Sue Vang saw it as a gold mine, orchestrating a pipeline of stolen ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The skyrocketing value of the precious metals inside catalytic converters has launched a massive black market industry where thieves are cashing in on a ...

It took only a few minutes, late at night, as Harvey Briggs was asleep in his suburban Madison, Wisconsin home. Without a garage, he had a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser parked in his driveway, ...

Thieves have long targeted car stereos, air bags, high-intensity headlights, even pocket change from the ashtrays. But now they are slithering under vehicles and cutting away the catalytic converters.

CARVER (CBS) – Carver police say someone is stealing expensive car parts to sell off as scrap metal. Two people had the catalytic converters taken off their SUV's in Carver Center's public parking ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- This Honda sounds as if it doesn't have a muffler -- but what's really missing is a catalytic converter. "So they cut this off," explains Isaac Ngandwe, "they cut this off on both ...

When a viral video captures thieves sliding under a parked car and sawing off its catalytic converter in seconds, you feel how fragile your daily mobility really is. In California, where this crime ...

Junk dealers will now have to collect information from catalytic converter sellers, if they weren't already, under an amended Kansas scrap metal law signed Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly. Kelly signed ...

Police said the devices were being targeted because of their scrap value Drivers in Hertfordshire are being warned to be vigilant after a series of catalytic converter thefts. Since January 2011, ...