Perhaps no other vehicle is as quintessentially American as the pickup truck. It is a cultural icon, representing hard work, reliability and self-reliance.
But like any other vehicle, pickup trucks can be prone to theft. Between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2013, the National Crime Information Center reports that 9,441 pickup trucks (2011-2013 model year) were reported stolen in the U.S.
The study shows that these vehicles may have been targeted by sophisticated, organized theft rings, which dismantle stolen vehicles for parts, change the vehicle identification numbers and resell the parts to unsuspecting buyers, or in some cases, export them to other countries.
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