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INCIDENT DATA


CARGO THEFTS FROM VEHICLES IN EUROPE HIGHLIGHT WHY MEMBERS NEED TO SUPPORT TAPA’S SECURE PARKING PROGRAMME


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As TAPA EMEA prepares to roll out its new Parking Security Requirements (PSR) to Parking Place Operators (PPO) in Europe, the Association’s members are being asked once again to help identify sites in the region that can be approached to join TAPA’s secure parking programme.


TAPA Incident Information Service (IIS) data for the first five months of the year reinforces the need for more secure parking places. Of the 950 cargo crimes reported in Vigilant for the period from 1 January-31 May, 2017, 694 or 73% of theft incidents occurred in unsecured parking places, a rate of 4.5 a day.


The latest intelligence for May shows three- quarters of all newly-recorded incidents took place in such parking locations, a total of 160 crimes.


Tony Kavanagh, TAPA EMEA’s Secure Parking Working Group Lead, says it is vital for members to support the initiative. “This month’s approval of


the new PSR Security Standard means we are now ready to start contacting PPOs to join the programme and to start building a network of secure parking places for our members in Europe. We have previously stated that we have a list of 520 sites in 35 countries to approach and that sounds like a lot but the simple fact is it’s not enough. Obviously we expect some PPOs to be more responsive than others to this new business opportunity. That’s


why we want to follow-up every opportunity and contact we receive.”


If you wish to share information on secure parking locations or other parking sites in key locations in Europe that you would like to see improve their on-site security, please forward their details to secure.parking@tapaemea.org


TAPA’s Secure Parking Working Group is also looking to identify organisations that are the key decision-makers for Parking Place Operators.


Over 93% of cargo thefts involved trucks in May


The number of cargo crimes reported to TAPA EMEA in May reinforces the need to improve security for trucks and drivers with the top five incidents all vehicle-related:


• Theft from Vehicle – 165 incidents, 77.8% of the monthly total


• Theft of Vehicle – 11 or 5.2% • Hijacking – 9 or 4.3% • Theft from Trailer – 8 or 3.7% • Theft of Trailer – 6 or 2.8%


In comparison, there were only three cases involving Theft from Facility.


Overall in May, TAPA’s IIS team recorded 212 new cargo theft incidents, 27.7% more than in the same month of 2016. Crimes were reported in 13 countries in EMEA.


Losses with a value exceeded €6.1 million last month


The total loss value for the 128 or 60.4% of newly-recorded incidents providing financial data was €6,196,879. This included six major losses with an individual value of €100,000 or more and resulted in an average loss for the month of €48,413.


Nearly 80% of crime reports last month came from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which continues to reflect the strong intelligence sharing relationships the Association enjoys with law enforcement agencies in both countries. 123 or 58% of incidents recorded by TAPA’s IIS in May took place in the UK, while the figure of 46 cargo crimes in the Netherlands represented a further 21.7% of the total.


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