As it stands, they did nothing to remove they people willing to buy stolen vehicles, therefore the market is still there and as long as it is still there, even if they keep busting little wanna-be street thugs, new ones will be there to take up the slack, keeping the system in place going and the cycle continues.

Street crime like stealing cars to take to a chop shop is just a symptom of the greater problem that isn't addressed because it isn't lucrative for the system, the status quo as it is today. At least make it harder for the car thieves to find a fence.