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Sat 11 Nov 2009London Editor
Expensive construction and farming machinery is being stolen in Ireland and the UK by organised crime gangs. It turns up in places as far away as Iraq and South Africa, writes MARK HENNESSY
THE IRAQI man came to Ireland in midsummer to inspect a €300,000 Mercedes truck used to pump concrete up 12 storeys on building sites. He went home satisfied that his purchase would shortly be on its way.
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