CARGO CRIME DATA


• Theft – 24 or 5.1% • Fraud – 17 or 3.6% • Clandestine – 15 or 3.2% • Theft from Facility – 15 or 3.2% • Theft of Trailer – 15 or 3.2% • Truck Theft – 13 or 2.7%


Once again, unclassified parking was the IIS location featuring in the highest number of incident reports – 221 in total or 47.2% of the two-month total. The next three known locations were:


• Destination Facility – 78 crimes or 16.6% of the total


• En Route – 41 or 8.8% • Services 3rd Party Facility – 41 or 8.8%


€74,558 – Another loss from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Russia, this theft of 20 tonnes of butter was reported in Muslumovo in the Volga Region on 6 February


€72,000 – 180 coffee machines stolen after thieves cut a hole in the tarpaulin side of a truck parked at a rest area on the A8 in Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 5 February


€60,676 – A truck driver reportedly conspired with three others to steal a vehicle and shipment of cosmetics from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Ciftalan, Istanbul, Turkey, on 18 February


€60,000 – Police arrested a Polish truck driver in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, in Germany on 1 March as he was in the process of stealing a refrigerated truck


€57,352 – This case of fraud and deception recorded in Bekasova, Moscow, on 6 February resulted in the loss of a shipment of toys


€56,453 – A truckload of pharmaceuticals was stolen from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Moscow on 7 February after the driver unloaded the cargo in an unauthorised location at the request of an unknown individual


€54,188 – 20 tonnes of food and drink products, also stolen from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Moscow, on 5 February


€50,000 – An armed gang using a car and van targeted a vehicle delivering cigarettes to a Destination Facility in Busto Arsizio in the


Lombardy region of Italy on 25 February. Three men carrying firearms attacked the driver before stealing 25 boxes of cigarettes


Germany recorded the highest number of cargo thefts in the IIS database in February and March with 137 crimes, followed by the United Kingdom with 112. Six other countries saw double-digit incident rates:


• Netherlands – 75 incidents • Spain – 41 • France – 18 • Italy – 18 • Russia – 16 • South Africa – 10


In addition to South Africa, TAPA was notified of cargo losses from supply chains in a further nine countries in Africa during this two-month period: Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Togo.


Overall, 17 TAPA IIS product categories recorded cargo thefts in February and March, including six with double-digit losses:


• Tobacco – 42 thefts • Food & Drink - 30 • Clothing & Footwear – 16 • Furniture/Household Appliances – 15 • No Load (Theft of truck and/or trailer) – 15 • Tools/Building Materials – 12


The majority of losses in this period involved Theft from Vehicle incidents, which accounted for 267 or 57.4% of all cases. Eight other types of incident recorded 10 or more crimes:


• Theft from Trailer – 40 crimes or 8.6% of the Feb/Mar total


• Theft of Vehicle – 39 or 8.3%


Over half of cargo crimes recorded Intrusion as the modus operandi used by thieves, typically involving cutting the tarpaulin curtains or breaking open the rear door locks and seals of parked trucks. Also noticeable was the statistic for crimes with the M.O. of Violent or Threat with Violence, with the 42 incidents in this category representing 8% of the February- March total.


TAPA members can find more intelligence on these and other cargo crimes over these two months in the password-protected Incident Information Service (IIS) database.


PRODUCT CATEGORY Unspecified


Miscellaneous Tobacco


Food & Drink Clothing & Footwear


Furniture/Household Appliances No Load (Theft of truck and/or trailer) Tools/Building Materials Cosmetics & Hygiene Metal Cash


Pharmaceuticals Car Parts Bicycles


Computers/Laptops Phones Tyres


Toys/Games Agricultural Materials No %


143 30.5% 138 29.5% 42 30 16 15 15 12 9 9 8 7 6


9%


6.5% 3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 1.5% 1.3%


51% 4 4 3 2


1


0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4%


0.2%


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