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EMEA INCIDENT INTELLIGENCE


GLOBAL PANDEMIC FAILS TO DETER CARGO THIEVES WITH 469 LOSSES RECORDED FROM SUPPLY CHAINS IN EMEA IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WITH A VALUE OF MORE THAN €2.9 MILLION


Cargo crimes spread across 30 countries in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region in February and March, according to the latest data reported to TAPA’s Incident Information Service.


Any thoughts that cargo thieves would be less active as the coronavirus swept across international borders was quickly dispelled by the 469 thefts from supply chains recorded over the two months, with several countries most affected by the virus seeing some of the highest rates of cargo losses.


Only 120 or 25.5% of incidents recorded by TAPA’s IIS in this period shared a loss value for the goods stolen, which resulted in a lower- than average number of major cargo thefts. Six were recorded overall, producing a total loss of €1,671,876 or an average of €278,646. For all incidents with a value the total rose to €2,952,303 or an average of €24,602.


Of the two-month total, 321 crimes were reported to TAPA EMEA in February and 148 in March.


The five major losses Vigilant is able to report involved losses of...


€400,000 Thieves broke into a Services 3rd Party Facility in Stavenhagen, Saxony-Anhalt, in Germany on 7 March and forced entry into several vehicles before loading them with unspecified goods from the warehouse and driving away.


€287,000 The forced stop and hijacking of a truck carrying a shipment of electronics which was en route in Başakşehir in Greater Istanbul on 6 March. The offenders used a vehicle to hit the truck from behind. After the driver stopped, the hijackers took the three people onboard hostage and drove the truck to a nearby street, offloading the cargo onto their own vehicle before releasing the captive staff.


€200,000 On 18 February, attackers smashed a window of an Origin Facility in Chauvugny in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France to gain access to the cargo stored inside, escaping with 1,450 items including lingerie, bathrobes and towels.


€166,326


26 pallets of beer were stolen on 24 March from a truck parked at a motorway service area near junction 25 of the M6 in Lymm, Cheshire, in the UK while the driver was asleep in his cab.


€100,000 The theft of a tractor unit and trailer as well as an excavator from a Railway Operation Facility in Ortona in Italy’s Abruzzo region on 18 February. Police later recovered the vehicle.


TAPA’s IIS also received reports of a further 10 incidents in February and March will loss values of between €50,000 and €100,000. The total loss value for these crimes produced an overall total and average value of €666,994 and €66,699 respectively. The individual incidents involved losses of:


€98,431 – 20 tonnes of pharmaceuticals stolen from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Schelkovo, Russia, on 7 February


€83,336 – Household appliances taken from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Chekhov in Russia’s Central Region on 3 February


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