BERLIN, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Germany's federal criminal office (BKA) is conducting a fraud investigation connected to the car-scrapping scheme, suspecting thousands of vehicles have been smuggled abroad rather than junked, a crime office official said.
BKA Vice President Wilfried Albishausen said about 50,000 officially scrapped vehicles may have been illegally transported to Eastern Europe and Africa.
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