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Story is from Mar 2022.

From the link:

When most people think of organized crime, they probably picture Tony Soprano’s “waste management” gig, the various drug cartels, or the body counts racked up by the Mafia in cities like New York and Chicago in decades past. But for the people living in Canada's most populous province, organized crime takes a very different but very real form: Towing. Yes, towing. Criminal enterprises have run rampant across Ontario's towing industry since at least the early 2000s, and the situation has resulted in unlawful tows, firebombs, and even murders across the Greater Toronto Area.

To understand why there's so much crime in Canada's towing industry, we have to back up and look at what many local organizations blame as being part of the problem: the way police call tow trucks to the scene of a wreck, and the lack of industry regulation.

www.thedrive.com

Inside the Tow Truck Mafia: How Organized Crime Took Over Canada’s Towing Industry

Back alley deals, fake crashes, arson, and even murder—nothing is off limits in the ruthless world of Canada's towing companies.
www.thedrive.com www.thedrive.com
 
ST. LOUIS – The City of Calverton Park finds itself at the center of a fiery legal battle. A class-action lawsuit emerges in the wake of FOX 2’s in-depth coverage of towed cars and temp tag concerns.

ArchCity Defenders officially filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Calverton Park on Monday, alleging the city has violated residents’ constitutional rights by illegally towing their vehicles from private property.

fox2now.com

Calverton Park faces lawsuit after FOX 2’s extensive reports on towed cars and temp tags

The City of Calverton Park finds itself at the center of a fiery legal battle. A class-action lawsuit emerges in the wake of FOX 2’s in-depth coverage of temp tag concerns.
fox2now.com fox2now.com
 

Onslow County towing company settles with Justice Department after service members cars towed and sold​

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - The United States Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that they had settled with an Onslow County towing company that they say violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by towing and then selling vehicles without disclosing to the court that they were owned by servicemembers.

Justice Department officials filed a complaint on March 3 that claims that Goines Towing & Recovery, which is located near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, had auctioned off, sold, or otherwise disposed of motor vehicles owned by eight servicemembers in violation of the SCRA.

Officials say that the SCRA provides a wide variety of financial and housing protections to members of the military.

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www.cbsnews.com

Feds charge San Francisco towing company operator, others with insurance fraud

A controversial owner of several towing companies in San Francisco has been charged again by federal prosecutors with insurance fraud, three weeks after a similar case, along with other various criminal complaints, was filed against him.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

Feds Accuse Towing Company of Insurance Fraud Conspiracy​


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CiscoKid said:
Meh. City dweller problems.
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Actually, it's a government problem.

It lies in the way cities have contracts with towing companies - and how they license and regulate them.

And they do. Regulate them. As honestly and as fairly as any city bidding system is regulated.

Who the police call, when something goes awry, depends on contracts or agreements. There's money in them-thar wrecks...in those abandoned cars, illegal parkings, blocked driveways. The towing company gives a lowball bid, and agrees on rules: Speed of response, size of vehicles to be removed (not every tow truck can tow a Class 8 tractor-trailer). How much the city will pay - in some cases, next to nothing; but the towing company has the prerogative to store the towed vehicle against an incomprehensible daily storage charge.

So, the police call a tow truck, and the owner pops out to move it. What then? The rules are, if the car is hooked up for tow, it's getting towed. Not yet hooked? The owner can move it.

THAT means it's in the towing company's interest, to SNATCH it, FAST. The cops called them; let the cops worry about legality. The difference between a thousand dollars, towing and impound fees, and NOTHING, is right there.

So, yes. Mistakes are made. Because of the stylings of the city regulations and arrangements.
 

Shootings Soar in One of North America’s Safest Cities. The Culprit: Tow-Truck Gangs​

TORONTO—Towing cars has become a deadly business in Canada’s largest city.

Rival gangs control parts of the tow-truck industry here, using the heavy-duty vehicles to transport drugs, extort car-crash victims with high fees, and fake automobile accidents to defraud insurance. They once resolved their territorial differences with their fists, but now a wave of gun smuggling from the U.S. has turned their fights into a lethal blood sport.

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I guess that Toronto is filled with non-Western alien immigrants, who know only violence and chaos...has nothing to do with it.

It's TOW TRUCKS causing this!

BAN TOW TRUCKS!
 

How Tow Truck Drivers Are Becoming Millionaires​

Feb 20, 2025
Tens of thousands of cars vanish into tow lots every day, fueling a booming industry most people don’t think about until it happens to them. With the average tow ranging from $125 to $275,depending on the distance towed, the industry can generate up to $15 million a day. While towing has been a relatively stable business opportunity, trends among drivers today are making it an even timelier opportunity for entrepreneurs, allowing an unassuming blue-collar profession to bring in millions.


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Did I mention I worked, for a few months in the 1980s, as a tow-truck driver?

Yeah. And neither I nor the towing company I worked for, survived.

Let it suffice...there's a lot of backstage politicking and a lot of graft. Dale, the boss, wasn't getting rich...he bought the towing company to complement his repair garage; and what it turned out to be was the headache of headaches.

He wound up selling the towing company - the name, the book, the permits and the legal entity. He kept one of the trucks to do in-house towing for his repair customers.

And Dale could have used the money. It just wasn't there for him - perhaps because he didn't have the time to cultivate $$political contacts$$.
 

"Super Heavy" Container Roll Over at the Ports​

Feb 22, 2025

"Super Heavy" Container Roll Over at the Ports. Back at it again with that quality recovery content you have been craving! So sorry for all the fans who missed me and thanks for everyone who reached out. Literally nothing happened LOL, I just skipped a week for a trip to the mountains for Vday with the family. Between that and my crazy workload it was impossible to pump out a video to make it and you know I don't like to rush out junk content.
I'm caught up on a lot of projects at work so I should be able to resume 2 videos per week! This episode we have yet another container rollover, and we decided to use our infamous barrel roll technique to speed things up. This method is by far one of the best and when done right, looks insanely cool.
Factoring the clean up and waiting for the good tractor to be let in, the entire job was done in just minutes (40 or so to be exact). Let me know what you guys think as always! And if you're a fan and would like more, become a member! I post all my deleted videos here and other perks: / @pepestowingservice


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‘Rampant’ tow truck scam targeting Southern California drivers, officials say​

Officials at the California Department of Insurance are warning Southland residents of a “vehicle hostage” scam involving tow truck companies targeting motorists involved in traffic accidents.

In a Tuesday news release, department officials said the scam, which bilks drivers out of large sums of money to get their vehicles back, has become rampant in Southern California.

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Tow Truck Scams Are Running ‘Rampant’ in California​

Feb 26, 2025

Of course, this is happening everywhere (on some level).


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Scammers towed Eaton fire victims’ cars, held them hostage for cash, authorities say​

Scammers are suspected of preying upon vulnerable Eaton fire victims by fraudulently towing their cars during the initial days of the devastating blaze and then demanding excessive fees to retrieve them, authorities said.

On Monday, L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued a statement urging any Altadena residents who were contacted by a tow company under suspicious circumstances to report their experience to the Inland Empire Automobile Insurance Fraud Task Force.

More:

www.latimes.com

Scammers towed Eaton fire victims' cars, held them hostage for cash, authorities say

Altadena residents who fell victim to tow-truck scammers following the Eaton fire are urged to report their experience.
www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
 

Orlando Tow Show 2025​

Apr 16, 2025


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Towing Co Pays For Auctioning Car Owned By Navy Lt.​

Apr 26, 2025
The AG took care of it.


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