Catalytic converters are integrated into the exhaust systems of cars to convert, or turn, the harmful gasses and pollutants from the engine exhaust system into a less toxic state. Catalytic converters ...

The skyrocketing value of the precious metals inside catalytic converters has launched a massive black market industry where thieves are cashing in on a fairly unregulated world of buyers. Records ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s a car part so valuable that it’s driving some people to steal. As the price of precious metals has soared, area law enforcement say they’ve seen more reported thefts of the ...

A motorist might not even suspect that their vehicle's catalytic converter was stolen. That is, until they hear the loud engine sounds or sputtering when they accelerate. Midland County Sheriff Myron ...

If you start your car one morning and hear a loud roar when you hit the gas pedal, you might have been robbed. That disturbing sound could signal that a thief has cut out the catalytic converter, a ...

If you start your car one morning and hear a loud roar when you hit the gas pedal, you might have been robbed. That disturbing sound could signal that a thief has cut out the catalytic converter, a ...

Theft of catalytic converters from cars is a problem that few people were familiar with until recently. But the problem is large and growing drastically. In January, St. Paul reported more than twice ...

Suzann Beckett and her daughter had a tough introduction to a rising crime trend recently. Beckett’s daughter had parked her 2009 Toyota Prius in the street outside their home in Hartford’s West End.

A Georgia man stole parts from trucks in commercial lots and was charged with selling 99 catalytic converters to a Suffolk scrap yard during two months this summer, the Queens district attorney's ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A police sting at a Metro East scrap yard last month led to accusations that an East Alton scrap yard illegally bought catalytic converters, no questions asked. In all, Madison County ...