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INCIDENT DATA


In the United Kingdom, trucks parked at Motorway Service Areas (MSA) continue to face a major threat. IIS recorded 45 incidents – 33.8% of the UK’s total crimes last month - at 15 MSAs:


M1 - Donington - Leicester Forest - Leicester Markfield - Newport Pagnell - Northampton - Tibshelf - Toddington - Trowell


M4 - Chieveley - Membury


The MSAs with most recorded incidents were:


- Toddington, 8 incidents - Cherwell Valley, 7 incidents - Leicester Markfield, 6 incidents - Stafford, 5 incidents - Trowell, 4 incidents


TAPA’s IIS also recorded a further three incidents at the Welford truck stop in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire. Overall, in the UK, 83 or 62.4% of crimes recorded in November occurred in the East Midlands.


Other incidents worth noting included:


- An attempted hijacking of a truck on the A4 in Belgium. It was travelling in the direction


M6 - Hilton Park - Stafford


M25 - South Mimms - Thurrock


M40 - Cherwell Valley


of Wanlin from Luxembourg when a silver Ford vehicle tried to force the truck to stop. The driver, however, was able to alert the police and the crime was averted;


Food & Drink continued to be the IIS product category with the highest number of recorded thefts, 34 in November or 16.7% of all incidents. The other products suffering 10 losses or more last month were:


- Clothing & Footwear – 18 incidents, 8.8% of the total


- Tobacco – 16 or 7.9% - Cosmetics & Hygiene – 12 or 5.9%


- TAPA was notified of several thefts of diesel from trucks in Germany;


- A number of attacks on Last Mile deliveries of Tobacco were reported in France;


- In Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, thieves used their own tractor units to steal three trailers on 17 November that were loaded with 400,000 eggs;


- Eight offenders were seen cutting the curtain sides of trucks in the early hours of the morning on 8 November at the motorway parking on the A2 near Ziesar in Brandenburg, Germany.


Unsurprisingly, given the number of cargo crimes reported in


unsecured parking locations, Theft


from Vehicle was the most common type of incident recorded by TAPA EMEA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in November. It was stated in 162 or 79.7% of the month’s freight thefts.


There were 17 cases of theft of truck and/or trailer with no load onboard.


TAPA EMEA members can find further intelligence on cargo crimes reported to TAPA in November by using the searchable, password-protected IIS database.


PRODUCT CATEGORY Unspecified Food & Drink


Clothing & Footwear


No Load (Theft of truck and/or trailer) Tobacco


Miscellaneous Cosmetics & Hygiene


Tools/Building Materials Toys/Games Car Parts Tyres


Pharmaceuticals Bicycles Cash


No % 50 34 18 17 16 16 12


Furniture/Household Appliances 8 Computers/Laptops


7 6 5 5 3 3 2 1


24.6% 16.7% 8.8% 8.3% 7.9% 7.9% 5.9% 4.0% 3.4% 3.0% 2.5% 2.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5%


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