you are when you re selling this catalytic converter, then you re going to think twice. reporter: the hope is to dry up the market for the stolen parts. similar laws have been passed in other states, including legislation in california in 2019. but state farm insurance says its customers claims for catalytic converter thefts jumped 175% in california between june of 2020 and june of this year. still, any legislation in illinois would be welcomed by two-time victim katie reynolds. i hope it hundreds. i hope that i don t have to experience this and my neighbors don t have to experience this anymore. reporter: jim williams, cbs news, chicago. yuccas: what a nightmare. coming up on the cbs weekend news, gas prices reach a seven-year high. what s fueling the surge? in next.
tracked in real-time so this can t happen again. that seems to be the should be the priority objective. now, he is also calling on countries to be better about changing passenger i.d.es against a database of stolen parts and malaysia is one of the countries that, according to this gentleman, does not do a very good job of checking the addiction. in this case didn t check at all. apparently not. apparently not. the search business is dangerous, too. australian officials hey deployed a flying air traffic control center to help search teams from help keep them from crashing into each other. we have a photo on the wall over here. officials say that air craft uses an advanced radar system to moner to the skies above the search area. planes have been flying so low, new zealand air force officials warned pilots to watch out for ships, and remember, investigators say part of the reason finding the plane has been so difficult is there is essentially no radar coverage over that part
car theft costs americans $8 billion a year. a car is reported stolen every 30 seconds. you are never supposed to see what we re about to show you. car thieves who thought no one was watching. you ll go along on the joyride as we catch a thief in action. then, watch a gang of thieves at work as they strip a car. here s john larson with a hidden camera investigation. reporter: you are watching, with the help of nbc s hidden cameras, as thieves strip a car. they re hoping to sell the stolen parts and make money. this could easily be your car because auto theft is on the increase. more than 1 million stolen cars a year in america. but boy, did these guys pick the wrong car. have you ever seen anything like this? no. never had a bird s-eye view of