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Thursday, July 9, 2015 – 6:15 p.m.

The police have dismantled a vast traffic in potentially dangerous used cars

More than 5,000 dangerous cars. traveling in France! This is revealed by our colleagues from Paris. Indeed, the gendarmes of the Paris research section dismantled a vast network of car traffic severely damaged (VGE). It raged in Ile-de-France for at least three years.

According to a source close to the investigation quoted by Le Parisien, Justice transmits the Ministry of Transportation list of cars involved in the case . The owners will be contacted so that real expertise are carried out on their car. Remember that a car is declared “severely damaged” when, following an accident, the body, chassis, steering or security elements (belts, airbags) have undergone significant deformation or deterioration.

In a simple survey flights a scam nationally

This is by investigating, there are seven months on a man suspected of car thefts and parts Spare the gendarmerie has updated this incredible scam. This actually worked for three motorists experts, who were issuing Recirculation certificates without checking the status of vehicles, garages and seven, who used the stolen parts to restore a semblance of life vehicles.

Once the work is completed, these cars were offered for sale on the site of small ads Leboncoin.fr or in one of the seventeen garages involved in the case (fifteen in Essonne, a near Paris and another in the Loiret). Results: thousands of cars were reinjected on the second hand market and currently on the roads of France.

A total of € 1.5 million were seized in this investigation and, according to estimates, the three experts reaped nearly € 8,000 monthly salary, half of which was not declared. Eleven people be appearing before the criminal court of Evry, on 3 August 2015. They will respond, “undeclared work, organized fraud and endangering the lives of others.”

A problem of traceability of spare parts

In an interview with Le Parisien, Pierre Chasseray, managing director of the association of 40 million motorists, said he was shocked by these revelations: “It’s shocking it. network involved members of all professions related to the automobile, épavistes, mechanics and especially insurance experts. That some are linked in such a file, it’s amazing. “

According to him, “Overall, there is a real problem of traceability of used vehicles and spare parts used for repairs.” But it does not stop there, “ten days ago, we presented a bill, submitted to the Senate, requesting the establishment of a binding sales contract and free from the sale of a vehicle . Used For now, beyond the technical control, no sign that a certificate of transfer for administering Clearly. the buyer has little hands Such contracts serve as collateral. . transparency on vehicle condition Belgium did and this has greatly contributed to improve things “

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Photo.?: A. Paumard / Auto Plus
Source: Le Parisien