Jeanine Pirro reveals how high-tech car thieves 'rewrite the brain' of vehicles and ship them overseas

They then transported them to a "cooling off zone," like a Marriott hotel in Pennsylvania or another location in D.C.'s Navy Yard, Pirro said, where license plates and VINs were swapped, before the cars were allegedly loaded onto transport carriers at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Pirro on Wednesday announced a 15-count federal indictment targeting the ring, which she said uses Autels to recalibrate a vehicle's internal computer, allowing them to program a blank key fob instead of using more traditional methods to steal cars.

Hondas are the most popular make of car to steal in the U.S., she said, adding that authorities are pursuing about 100 more vehicles in connection with the auto theft ring.

"Bang, less than 60 seconds, the car is gone. It's cooled off, transported and then shipped to Africa. No one is looking in the container, and they're making a fortune," Pirro stressed.

"These are old crimes being committed in new ways."

Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.