• U.S. Customs and Border Protection are facing an uphill battle trying to prevent stolen cars from being shipped overseas.
  • High-end vehicles are stolen and sold, which can fund terrorist organizations.
  • Last year, 72 stolen cars were reportedly recovered at the Port of Savannah.

You don’t hear much about the war on terror these days, but the battle wages on. However, it’s taken an unlikely detour as stolen cars are reportedly helping to fund terrorist organizations.

Citing officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Atlanta News First is reporting “millions of dollars in stolen cars” are being shipped out of the Port of Savannah to fund terrorists. Some of these models have reportedly been stolen from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is one of the busiest in the world.

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The groups behind the thefts unsurprisingly target high-end vehicles such as those from Bentley, Ferrari, and Rolls-Royce. When the station tagged along with investigators, they discovered a shipping container that housed a Bentley Continental GTC as well as a Lamborghini Urus. The latter was ultimately traced back to a dealership in Miami, which had reported it stolen.

The stolen cars are reportedly shipped to a number of different countries with some of the most popular reported to be Libya, Jordan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. These sales bring in millions of dollars and a CBP officer told the station that money typically goes overseas, sometimes funding terrorism.

CBP has their work cut out for them. The Georgia Ports Authority website said the Port of Savannah is the third-busiest container gateway in the U.S. as it handles more than 4.2 million TEU containers annually. With that many containers to deal with, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, 72 stolen vehicles were reportedly recovered at the Port of Savannah last year and they were said to be worth $7 (£5.3 / €6.3) million.