The MotoGP world is alight with blockbuster ranges of theft and controversy. Final week, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder, turned Canadian cartel boss, had his $40 million motorcycle collection seized—containing about 9 GP bikes—and this week, police have busted a Ducati MotoGP racing components theft ring. In accordance with MCN, the middle of the operation befell in Bologna, residence of Ducati.
After the theft was reported final November, Italian Police traced a stash of MotoGP and WorldSBK components to a former contractor who labored at Ducati’s Borgo Panigale HQ, the place they discovered $233,685 value of products. Notable mentions on the checklist of components had been Brembo brake calipers, Öhlins suspension kits, watches, and heaps of official Ducati Corse attire. Among the attire was completed in Enea Bastianini’s colours, which signifies that the merch, and probably the components, had been from the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
The pinnacle of the operation is suspected to be a 37-year-old Romanian, based on officers from the Arma dei Carabinieri in Bologna. The individual lives within the metropolis and was employed on the model’s manufacturing facility by way of an exterior electrical set up firm.
The Italian Police reviewed CCTV footage of Ducati’s Borgo Panigale HQ, and the proof was sufficient to achieve authorisation from the Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Workplace to hold out a home search. Ready for the police was greater than $230,000 value of MotoGP and WSBK components and attire, however the query is not how somebody with entry to the HQ stole these components; it is why.
Who on earth goes to purchase spare components for the Desmosedici GP23 and Desmosedici GP24?
You’d must have a reasonably stacked legal community to even offload the WSBK components to beginner racers with large financial institution accounts. This man could not even promote the attire. Or, I am completely improper, and the following large MotoGP scandal is a black market components ring.
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