IIS INCIDENT DATA - EMEA


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€100,000


An internal investigation into cargo losses from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Castel San Giovanni in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna led to the arrests of 17 employees on 10 December. It is believed that goods worth some €100K may have been stolen by the group, mostly targeting household appliances and electronics products. The goods were hidden above a false ceiling in a restroom at the facility, which was outside of the controlled area. The group reportedly posted lookouts while they were moving stolen items from their hiding place into vans to take them from the facility.


€100,000


On 13 December, offenders used a forklift truck to smash down an entrance gate and to demolish a wall of an Origin Facility in Bully- Les-Mines in northern France. After reaching a storage room, they stole 10 tons of zinc and brass tap parts.


€100,000


In Brindisi, Apulia, Italy, on 28 December, a group of offenders with firearms attacked a cash-in-transit van and forced the driver and guards to hand over a case full of cash.


December also saw reports of a further eight incidents with recorded loss values of between €50,000 and €100,000. These produced a total loss of €514,091 or an average of €64,261:


• €80,000 - Three pallets of e-cigarettes and nicotine capsules were stolen from an HGV in an unclassified parking location in Aurach, Germany, on 3 December. Thieves cut the curtain side of the vehicle while the driver was asleep inside his cab;


• €77,476 – Offenders accessed a key safe at a facility in Bristol, UK, on 5 December, enabling them to steal an unattended HGV and trailer from its transport yard;


• €67,480 – A shipment of chocolate was stolen from a truck parked in an unclassified parking location in the Russian city of Dolgoprudny on 9 December. The cargo was reportedly diverted to the city by one of the company’s transport dispatchers;


• €64,704 - In Orebro, Sweden, on 5 December, a trailer parked in a fenced- off transport yard over the first weekend of the month was broken into by offenders. After accessing the cargo onboard, they escaped with a shipment of laptops;


• €60,000 - Seven staff working in a Services 3rd Party Facility in Bailleul in northern France were arrested on 1 December following an investigation into the disappearance of stock from the warehouse. The facility’s management


• €51,466 - On 1 December, offenders cut the seals and padlocks of a truck parked on a roadside in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, in the UK, and stole its cargo of food and drink products.


used CCTV footage to capture evidence of the thefts, which reportedly involved losses of confectionary products over a 12-month period;


• €57,846 – A trailer loaded with cosmetics products was stolen on 8 December after thieves arrived in their own tractor unit at a haulage yard in Southampton, UK. They were able to hook up the loaded trailer and drive away;


• €55,119 - Luxury hot tubs were taken from a facility in Macmerry, Scotland, on 12 December after thieves broke into a warehouse next door and stole a forklift truck to load the hot tubs into their truck. Some of the offenders reportedly spoke to staff at the neighbouring facility to explain the hot tubs were being moved to another location;


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