IAATI is the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators. This association was founded in the USA in 1952. Since 1990 we have a European Branch with members from 33 countries.
IAATI is a non-profit organization of both public and private professionals. The membership is made up from representatives of serving and retired police-officers, custom officers, insurance companies and their investigators, vehicle rental companies, car leasing companies, members of the vehicle licensing organizations, vehicle manufacturers, lawyers and many others with a legitimate professional interest in vehicle investigation, prevention and education.
Our officers, executive board and various committee chairs are elected from the general membership. Our most effective weapon to combat car crime related offences co-operation between all levels. Members of IAATI are not busy with combating car theft only, but also with other car or heavy equipment related crime.
Through our website and forum members can find other members worldwide. We organize an annual meeting and because we have members in many countries of Europe, every year we select a country to host this seminar. These seminars as well as contact between the members provide the opportunity to network and keep up with the latest developments.
For more information read our about us page.
Barry Hancock
EB-IAATI president
European Branch will be holding their 2012 Training Seminar in Bratislava, Slovakia from the evening of 26th September 2012 until Friday 28th September 2012. The Seminar will be held at the Crowne Plaza, Bratislava. A Workshop Overview has now been released.
IAATI's 60th Annual World Wide Training Seminar will be held in Kansas City, Kansas, USA on August 19th to 24th, 2011. More info at http://www.iaati.org.
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