CEBIA: 450,000 cars in the Czech Republic are of dubious origin

The head of the vehicle-security firm CEBIA, which monitors the origin of cars on Czech roads, has said that his company estimates that there are around 450,000 cars in this country which could have been acquired through criminal activities. CEBIA chief executive Martin Pajer told the Czech Press Agency (CTK) on Wednesday that many of these vehicles had had their chassis or engine serial numbers changed to hide the fact that they were originally stolen.

According to the Czech Transport Research Centre, there are at least 4.1 million cars registered in the Czech Republic.