Global stolen vehicles tracking

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle information server mapping a unique identifier of a stolen vehicle to a network identifier of the stolen vehicle; and

a service provider server of a service provider network, programmed to, responsive to receiving a message from a vehicle theft system initiating monitoring for the network identifier and identifying access of the network identifier to a network device of the network, indicate a physical location of the network device and a time of access of the vehicle to the network device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service provider server maintains a mapping of network locations to physical locations, and the service provider server is programmed to utilize the mapping to translate a network address of the network device to the physical location of the network device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service provider server maintains a log of historical network usage, and the service provider server is further programmed to access the log of historical network usage to identify a second network device of the network to which the stolen vehicle was previously connected, and indicate a physical location of the second network device and a time of the access to a vehicle theft system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network identifier is an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) of an embedded modem utilized by a telematics control unit of the vehicle to communicate over the network.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network identifier is a media access control (MAC) address network identifier of an accessory protocol interface module controller utilized by the vehicle to communicate over the network through use of a mobile device connected to the accessory protocol interface module controller over a local area connection.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service provider server is further programmed to:

initiate monitoring for the network identifier responsive to receiving a message from a vehicle theft system requesting initiation of the monitoring; and

indicate the physical location and the time of access to the vehicle theft system.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the service provider server is further programmed to discontinue monitoring for the network identifier responsive to receiving a message from the vehicle theft system requesting termination of the monitoring.

8. A method comprising:

responsive to receiving a message from a vehicle theft system, initiating monitoring for a network identifier corresponding to a unique vehicle identifier of a stolen vehicle;

identifying access of the network identifier to a network device of the network; and

utilizing a mapping of network locations to physical locations to translate a network location of the network device to the physical location of the network device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the network identifier according to a mapping of unique vehicle identifiers to network identifiers maintained by a vehicle information server.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising updating the vehicle theft system with the physical location of the network device to indicate an approximate location of the stolen vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

continuing the monitoring for the network identifier;

identifying a second access of the network identifier to a second network device of the network;

utilizing the mapping of network locations to physical locations to translate a network location of the second network device to a physical location of the second network device; and

updating the vehicle theft system with the physical location of the second network device.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the network identifier is an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) of an embedded modem utilized by a telematics control unit of the vehicle to communicate over the network.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the network identifier is a media access control (MAC) address network identifier of an accessory protocol interface module controller utilized by the vehicle to communicate over the network through use of a mobile device connected to the accessory protocol interface module controller over a local area connection.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising discontinuing monitoring for the network identifier responsive to receiving a second message from a vehicle theft system.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving an indication including the unique vehicle identifier indicating that the stolen vehicle is to be monitored; and

receiving the network identifier from a vehicle information server responsive to sending the unique vehicle identifier to the vehicle information server.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive an indication including a unique vehicle identifier from a vehicle theft system, the indication specifying that a stolen vehicle corresponding to the unique vehicle identifier is to be monitored;

map the unique vehicle identifier to one or more network identifiers using a vehicle information server storing an association of unique identifiers of vehicles to network identifiers of vehicles;

identify one or more of the network identifiers as having accessed a communications network; and

utilize a mapping of network locations to physical locations to translate network locations of the network accesses to physical locations of the stolen vehicle.

17. The medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to discontinue monitoring for the network identifier responsive to receiving a stop message from the vehicle theft system.

18. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more network identifiers include an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) of an embedded modem utilized by a telematics control unit of the vehicle to communicate over the network.

19. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more network identifiers include a media access control (MAC) address network identifier of an accessory protocol interface module controller utilized by the vehicle to communicate over the network though use of a mobile device connected to the accessory protocol interface module controller over a local area connection.