“We could not have imagined this in a hundred years”: stolen Audi Q5 passes inspection without any problems, couple loses 26,000 euros

Murat and Ayse thought they were making a safe purchase: their second-hand Audi Q5 worth 26,000 euros had a perfectly valid Belgian inspection certificate. The shock was great when the police towed their car away in front of them and those of their neighbors a few days later: the car turned out to have been stolen in France. Our editors discovered that the car inspection has not checked whether a vehicle has been registered for years. “This gives thieves free rein in our country.”

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