CARGO CRIME STATISTICS


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Based on incident intelligence published in the last three issues of Vigilant alone, data for the first nine months of 2020 shows:


• €112,492,666 – total losses reported to the IIS database with a value


• >€70,000,000 of products stolen in 119 major incidents


• >€588,000 – average loss for major cargo thefts


• >€410,000 – average daily loss for the 274 days in this period


Latest cargo crime reports for August and September show an additional 502 incidents recorded by TAPA’s IIS, with key figures for these 61 days of the year stating:


• €23,282,877 – value for the 68.9% of crimes sharing financial data


• >€17,000,000 of losses attributed to 20 major thefts of goods worth €100,000 or more


• €861,611 – average loss for major cargo thefts


• >€381,000 – average loss for each of the 61 days


The average loss for all thefts with a value in August-September stood at €67,291.


The major incidents over these two months in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region included:


€9,000,000


On 28 August, five armed offenders used a roadblock to stop a cash-in- transit van at the 7th Arrondissement in Lyon, France, and threatened the security guards at gunpoint. After stealing the cash onboard the armoured truck, they torched the vehicle before escaping the scene.


€1,730,728


After gaining access to a secured premises in Bury St Edmunds, UK, on 31 August, thieves stole an HGV and trailer loaded with a cargo of unspecified products.


€1,000,000


In Marignane in the south east of France on 8 September, the driver of a truck carrying a large shipment of cigarettes was forced to stop by four offenders and removed from the vehicle, which was later found abandoned and burnt out in Chateauneuf- les-Martigues.


€1,000,000


On 30 September, a consignment of toys/ games was stolen from a hard-sided trailer in an unsecured truck park in Grace- Hollogne, Belgium, where the driver had made an overnight stop. The offenders cut a hole in the trailer doors and removed the products box by box from the pallets inside.


€711,965


Thieves burst into a warehouse in Odintsovo, Moscow, on 7 September and threatened a guard and employees with pistols before stealing around two million surgical masks and 600 electric thermometers. The offenders also stole money, mobile phones and watches. Police have since arrested four suspects in relation to this crime.


€555,298


In Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, on the 9 September, 662 laptops were stolen from an Authorised 3rd Party Facility. The subsequent investigation revealed that the gang conducted reconnaissance on the warehouse and monitored it constantly before executing the crime. The police investigation uncovered the identities of the criminals, leading to their arrests. The stolen items were also recovered, along with tools used in the attack.


€509,000


At least 12 offenders armed, with assault rifles, ambushed a cash-in-transit van in Bonoua, Ivory Coast on 16 September. Sadly, the CIT driver was killed by gunfire during the assault and two others were injured before the attackers escaped.


€500,000


Medical devices worth at least half-a-million euros were stolen from a vehicle in Rothenstein, Germany, over the weekend of 28 August.


€340,000


Two offenders stole a truck with 80,000 surgical face masks from a Destination Facility in Chevilly-Larue, France, on 4 September. Police, however, were able to track the vehicle using its onboard GPS system and arrested the offenders.


€270,426


On 21 August, in a layby at Water Newton, Cambridgeshire, in the UK, thieves cut a hole in the tarpaulin curtain of an HGV trailer to steal a large quantity of cosmetic products.


€270,426


In a similar attack on 26 August, a cargo of electrical goods was stolen from an HGV parked in an unclassified location on a road in London, UK.


€201,500


In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 21 September, a company noted the tracking activation device of a recently departed truck was scrambled. They tracked the truck to Old Uitenhage Road in Kleinskool where it was found abandoned. Its cargo of 90 bales of Mohair was later found scattered in an open field in Soweto-on-Sea.


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