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Operators criticise failure to curb illegal spares racket
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Joint action group blames insurance companies for not stopping criminal activity in salvage. Guy Sheppard reports.
INSURANCE INDUSTRY bosses are under fire for failing to crack down on salvage trucks being repaired with stolen parts.
The issue was originally raised 11 months ago by the Joint Action Group on Lorry Theft (JAGOLT) following claims that the racket was spreading (CM 3 July 2003).
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) was accused of dragging its feet at the latest JAGOLT meeting this month.
Chris Kelly, chairman of West Midlands Scania dealership Kel truck, says: "The ABI was called on to give an explanation as to where it was in coming up with some form of industry code for handling commercial vehicle salvage. There is still no progress on this issue and I consider this to be entirely unacceptable given the length of time since it was raised," he says. He adds that his sense of frustration at the meeting appeared to
have been shared by JAGOLT chairman Bob Quick, deputy chief constable of Surrey Police. But Quick's personal assistant, acting detective inspector Stuart Sang, denies this. "There are gaps in the system and closing them is
going to be achieved through industry, insurance and police working together," he says. David Ross, spokesman for the country's biggest commercial vehicle insurer, Norwich Union, says: "It's very easy to sit there and
say we have a problem and the insurance industry should do something about it.
"The reason this debate has been going on for so long is that nobody seems able to give a tangible solution to the problem."