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Disorganised criminals and Russian-speaking mafias: Why car thefts are surging in Ireland
When Sonia Harris went to a Dublin city gym one afternoon, the experience quickly took a sinister turn. Her new car was stolen from outside and although it turned up months later elsewhere in the country – with new registration plates and being used as a …