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PROACTIVE RESPONSE


YOUR CALL


Many of the most proactive responses to tackling the growing threat of cargo crime in EMEA have originated in the Netherlands, a country that sits at the heart of European supply chains for global manufacturers and logistics service providers. Vigilant reports on the country’s latest initiative, a new 24-hour Cargo Theft Reporting Hotline and speaks to Krista Bonhof, Programme Manager at the Dutch National Police. The police are doing their bit to tackle crime in the Netherlands. Now they need our support. That’s why, if you’re a victim of a cargo crime in the Netherlands, they’re waiting for your call.


T A EMEA’ AP s Incident Information Service


recorded 527 cargo crime incidents in the Netherlands in 2016 (+24.8% year-on-year) and 188 in Q1 2017 (+49.2%) year-on-year


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Obviously a high percentage of this data is from the Dutch police. Do you believe this is an accurate picture of the level of freight theft incidents in the Netherlands?


It provides a realistic view of reports and filed charges that we as police receive in regards of cargo crime incidents involving trucks exceeding 3,500kg. At the same time we know that there is a low willingness from transport companies to file reports, particularly because


of the assumption that it is really having no effect. The preparedness to file a report needs to increase. Filing a report to register criminal activity must change to be standard policy. The reports expose the problems. We hope that the central reporting hotline contributes to an increase in the willingness to report.


What intelligence can you share on the perpetrators of cargo crimes in the Netherlands? Are most crimes being conducted by Dutch nationals or criminals from other countries? Also, are most thefts by individuals or by organised criminal gangs?


‘Just like with other types of criminality we see a shift from a “physical” approach to a targeted manipulation of information flows. Cyber security becomes more important in the transport sector.’ Krista Bonhof, Programme Manager at the Dutch National Police


It is often by organised criminal gangs. The thefts are predominantly committed by (fixed) groups of Dutch nationals. More and more we see that cargo crimes are committed by “mobile” groups of perpetrators. The majority of cargo crime still takes place on non-secured parking areas by cutting the tarpaulin sides of trucks.


Are you seeing any new trends in terms of cargo crime?


Just like with other types of criminality we see a shift from a “physical” approach to a targeted manipulation of information flows. Cyber security, therefore, becomes more important in the transport sector. Also we see, apart from the Southern part of the Netherlands, other regions are now experiencing cargo crimes. One example is in the Noord-Holland province. Up until recently we did not have much cargo crime here. More than ever, we see mobile, international criminal groups that are not afraid. They don’t care about having their faces caught on camera.


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