And the solution is rather easy, if draconian: absolute liability, sky-high civil penalties, and enforcement by private individuals (a la "qui tam" or the Texas Heartbeat Act). Let the average person (read: lawyer) sue the scrap yards into oblivion, and make it lucrative enough that the thieves themselves will turn them in. Fight greed with greed, it works. For those people who think it's being sent across the border: secure the border.