Cars, Cops & Criminals

Car Crime in Britain today is big business and the crooks are picking on "soft targets" as the recession hits home. Cars, Cops and Criminals goes out on the road with Angus Nairn of the central motorway policing group as he chases those who will steal the loads from the back of lories and lorry drivers who illegally tamper with their tackographs to work more hours.

Cops from different police forces get together in Warwickshire for a massive crack down on motorists who break the law by driving without license and insurance. Using a sophisticated Automatic number plate recognition system, they find stolen cars.

Police teams at Felixstowe and Southampton crack down on the organized criminal gangs who are exploiting loopholes in the shipping business to ship stolen luxury cars from Britain to Africa and other parts of the world.

In this episode we were given exclusive access to a special Greater Manchester Task force who reveal the extent of one of Britain's fastest growing motoring fraud which has become known as Crash for Cash. Gangs of criminals are forcing unsuspecting drivers to run into the back of them so they can claim money from Insurance Companies for fake injuries, time off work and car repairs.

Young speeding drivers and bikers film themselves with their mobile phones to show off on the Internet and the police in Sussex try to persuade motorists to crack down on their fellow drivers who speed or drive badly. We follow the crusade of one traffic cop, Sgt. Dunderdale, from Lincolnshire in his quest to keep the roads safe and to stop those that speed becoming fatalities.