BMW chases China car smugglers across Canada, their trail strewn with fake documents, bogus bank accounts
July 30, 2021 BMW Canada has been battling thieves and grey-market car smugglers who illegally export vehicles from Vancouver to China, sometimes without making a single payment on them. The trade focuses on luxury X5 and X7 SUVs. South China Morning Post On April 15, a young man walked into a BMW dealership in Markham, Ontario, and signed a lease on a new X7 SUV, taking delivery of the C$140,000 (S$152,000) vehicle the next month. Within days, the luxury car was heading west on a 4,000km (2,500 miles) journey to Vancouver, British Columbia. And the chase was on – because this was no ordina...
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