justice department announces takedown nationwide catalytic converter

This sparks a little bit of Joy, but this doesn't undo the damages victims suffered.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/doj-busts-545-million-catalytic-132900936.html

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/just...own-nationwide-catalytic-converter-theft-ring

 

It's a nice "feel good" publicity stunt just before election day, but it won't change anything. It just thins the competition a little for the rest of the crooks, and may have been instigated by one of this batch of crooks competitors. If the legislators want to make a difference, all they have to do is pass legislation that caps the value of a used catalytic converter and their components at scrap steel prices. Dry up demand, and the supply chain will collapse.