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TAPA EMEA - IIS DATA


INCIDENT REPORTS TO DATE SHOW 209 CARGO THEFTS IN DECEMBER IN 13 COUNTRIES IN EMEA, WITH LOSSES OF MORE THAN €3.6M


With cargo crime data still being reported to TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) database for December, a total of 209 incidents have so far been recorded for the final month of 2020, producing a total loss value of €3,683,087or over €118,000 of stolen goods every day.


To date, TAPA has been notified of attacks on supply chains in 13 countries across the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. These produced an average loss of €41,383 for the 89 or 42.5% of crime reports stating a value.


The 10 incidents with the highest reported values in December produced a total loss of €1,626,043 or an average of €162,604. These crimes where:


€550,000


Offenders slashed the tarpaulin curtain of a truck parked in an undisclosed location in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom, on 10 December and escaped with 14 pallets of sports nutrition products. The driver was asleep in his cab at the time.


€160,000


On 10 December, 200 chainsaws and hedge cutters were stolen from a truck which had stopped overnight at a service station in Lohfelden, Hesse, Germany. The driver only noticed the theft after resuming his journey.


€160,000


In Terlizzi in Italy’s Apulia region, an armed gang of at least four offenders used a car to intercept a truck carrying a shipment of olive oil on 22 December. After forcing the driver to stop, they unhitched the trailer, which was taken to an unknown location, while other members of the gang hijacked the tractor unit.


€124,000


Another major incident took place in Germany during the night of 9 December in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, and resulted in the loss of a shipment of electric bikes from a truck in an unclassified parking location. The thieves cut open the tarpaulin side of the trailer unit and unloaded 59 bicycles.


€110,681


The first of two six-figure losses from Bicester motorway service area in the UK. This crime on 2 December saw the thieves escape with over €100K of IT products after cutting the rear door locks of the parked vehicle.


€110,681


On 9 December, a driver who had parked his vehicle in Maidenhead in the south east of England, UK, reported the theft of a shipment of wristwatches. On opening the boxes, it was discovered that the watches had been replaced with cans of dog food. It is unclear where en route the loss took place.


€110,681


At a motorway service area in Bicester, UK, on 14 December, a consignment of electrical goods was stolen after offenders cut the seals and padlocks of a parked truck.


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