More than 7,600 cars have been stolen in Moscow since the beginning of the year

In the first nine months of this year, 7,625 cases of theft and theft of vehicles were registered in the capital region. Compared to the same period in 2013, the number of such crimes decreased by 9%, reports the Moscow traffic police.

As before, the largest number of thefts and vehicle thefts occur at night. Among the leaders in the number of criminal attacks are foreign-made cars such as Mazda3, Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Lancer, Hyundai Solaris and Kia Rio. Among domestically produced cars, Lada Priora takes first place in this ranking.

The introduction of the “Interception” plan made it possible to solve 138 crimes of various nature, including 27 crimes directly related to motor vehicles, the police noted.

The traffic police report also notes that over nine months, 3,283 wanted vehicles were detained (of which 2,483 were previously stolen or stolen).

In addition, from January to September, employees of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate found 456 vehicles that had fled the scene of accidents with victims.