The value of the metal components within the catalytic converter
has shot up dramatically post pandemic.
Generally, the goal is to be able to get the
platinum,
a rhodium and Palladium. And the rhodium is the most
valuable of these,
and that's eight times the value of gold.
You know, you've got Honda's Toyotas,
particularly the Prius model car.
Hybrids have two catalytic converters,
and so those are the cars that we see most
often targeted.
We need to, as a society,
put much more emphasis on holding people accountable for harming
other people like this.
Even though it's not a violent crime,
it's a crime that has a tremendous impact on on
a family.