Police agencies seek improvements to Alberta's privatized registration system to mitigate VIN cloning

Law enforcement agencies across the province are teaming up with the provincial government to find ways to prevent, or at the very least, raise more red flags when it comes to fraudulent registration of stolen vehicles in the province.
Detailing the successful bust of a vehicle identification number (VIN) cloning operation in the city, auto theft unit Det. Mark Kassian said this week that Alberta’s privatized system of vehicle registration was not as robust compared to the provincially-run