A Q&A WITH DUTCH POLICE


‘To get insight into the nature and cause of the matter, filing reports of cargo crime is an absolute must. Without these reports, the police cannot follow up and pursue this form of criminality.’


5


‘More than ever, we see mobile, international criminal groups that are not afraid. They don’t care about having their faces caught on camera.’


T A EMEA has launched a new programme AP


to try to identify a network of secure parking places for trucks in EMEA, and especially Europe. Do you think more secure parking places in the Netherlands would help to reduce the number of attacks on trucks?


The police can contribute to decrease the level of cargo crimes via repression and actions to disrupt the activity but this does not prevent the crime itself. By taking preventative measures, criminals have fewer opportunities. Parking on secure parking areas is one of the examples of preventative measures. The requirement then is that there needs to be a sufficient number of affordable secure parking areas.


What has prompted the launch of the Cargo Theft Reporting Hotline? Are you concerned that a lot of incidents in the Netherlands are still unreported – and why is it so important that you get this information?


The industry and the police want to bring down the number of cargo crime incidents. We have an action plan “Transport Criminality 2017- 2018” represented by all industry partners; police, Ministry of Safety and Justice, Public Prosecutor,


Verbond van Verzekeraars (VVV), TAPA, EVO, Stichting Aanpak voertuig criminaliteit and the Ministry of Infrastructure. The cargo crime Hotline is part of this action plan.


I do understand that companies are not filing reports because they think it doesn’t make much sense and is very time consuming. But to get insight into the nature and cause of the matter, filing reports of cargo crime is an absolute must. Without these reports, the police cannot follow up because there will not be sufficient intelligence to investigate and pursue this form of criminality. With the hotline, we are making a connection to the 24hrs economy. Companies are now able to file a report at any place and time, without losing time.


CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 >


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24