GIE ARGOS Presentation By Jean-Louis MARSAUD CEO By Thomas SAINT MARTIN Head of the operational department http://www.gieargos.org
CONTENTS 1 French statistics on vehicle crime 2 What is GIE ARGOS 3 Official agreements 4 The Car department 5 The Patrimony Property Department 6 - Conclusion
1 French statistics on vehicle crime
1. Figures for stolen and recovered vehicles 1993-2012: Stolen / Recovered vehicles statistics: Volés Découverts Non retrouvés % de disparition 1993 314 625 226 975 87 650 27,90 % 1994 303 356 224 333 79 023 26,05 % 1995 287 022 215 686 71 336 24,90 % 1996 279 183 198 784 80 399 28,80% 1997 263 646 184 851 78 795 29,88 % 1998 259 630 183 319 76 311 29,37 % 1999 250 392 171 241 79 151 31,60 % 2000 261 307 175 169 86 138 32,96 % 2001 272 410 177 218 95 192 34,94 % 2002 252 084 163 823 88 261 35,00 % 2003 200 702 121 021 79 681 39,70 % 2004 186 430 116 472 69 958 37,50 % 2005 177 325 103 408 73 917 41,70 % 2006 177 033 101 692 75 341 42,66 % 2007 168 388 93 772 74 616 44,31 % 2008 161 301 83 710 77 591 48,10 % 2009 167697 84696 83001 49,49 % 2010 161184 75449 85735 53,19 % 2011 166908 77191 89717 53,75 % 2012 161792 72267 89525 55,33 % Source: Ministry of Interior
2. Some elements for evaluating the economic cost of vehicle theft and trafficking 3. Value of total vehicles recovery by GIE ARGOS in 2012
2 - What is the G.I.E. ARGOS?
ARGOS is a Non Economic Interest Group (nonprofit-making), created in 1984 and with an operational purpose which is: Researching, Identifying and Recovering all types of cars and also the personal property and valuable objects declared stolen by a member and in preparation for an indemnification. French Insurance Companies Group, which is financed by its members representing almost of all the IARD market.
Our Means A superintendent of French police who works on a full-time basis for GIE ARGOS A Delegates network dedicated to the research on the field and at the disposal of the Public Authorities in France and Abroad An identifying / management repatriation Phone Platform for cars (IGRA Service). An identifying / management repatriation Phone Platform for valuable objects and property (IGRBP Service). Specific Databases for Cars and for Property populated by Insurance Companies, Public Authorities and professionals from the sector A secured website : http://www.gieargos.org and a specific access for LEA: https://extranet.gieargos.org/lea/
3 Official agreements
4 The car department
The car department means: A Car database with around 35 millions of recordings A direct Access to the FNA / SIV (French registration system) A direct Access to the «World Databases» RENAULT and PSA Indirect Access to others manufacturers Indirect Access to others private Databases Access to technical databases
IGRA Our services Identifying Assistance for stolen and fake cars, falsely registered, burnt or dismantled, from the two Wheels to the machinery Technical Assistance for judicial operations or searches and assistance for fraud detections Assistance for the recovering and the restitution of the property reported as stolen Training / information Provider of a Personal and Secured extranet access for Law enforcement agencies.
Our services Identifying Assistance for stolen and fake cars, falsely registered, burnt or dismantled
New cars.
Luxuary cars.
Motorbikes.
Burnt cars.
Heavy equipment.
Usual cars.
Spare parts.
Our services Technical Assistance for judicial operations or searches
A legal framework...
Our services Assistance for fraud detections
CHECKING PORT ALGECIRAS CHECKING BORDER MAURITANIA THEFT ARGOS DATABASE : : : 06 07 2013 11 07 2013 14 07 2013
Our services Training / information
Our services Assistance for the recovering and the restitution of the property reported as stolen
Information accelerator thanks to an international network of privileged contacts: Rotterdam // Las Palmas May 2010
We know that those two cars are not existing in the Manufacturer database
We approach the Guardia Civil of Las Palmas to check the container in question. In order to not target too much this control, another container is also chosen by the Spanish Authorities.
Result of the investigations In the first container, two vehicles: MERCEDES B180 CDI stolen on April the 12th of 2010. MERCEDES C180 stolen on April the 17th of 2010. In the second container, chosen at random: BMW X6 stolen on April the 15th of 2010. AUDI Q5 stolen on April the 12th of 2010. On the vehicle documentation of this last container: Personal effects Carpet and Personal properties...
Our services A secured website : http://www.gieargos.org and a specific access for LEA: https://extranet.gieargos.org/lea/
5 Conclusion
An efficient identification assistance Tool at the disposal of the Public Authorities Free Services A know-how and a specific technality.