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CRIME HOTSPOT Authors:
Barcelona’s heavy traffic and narrow streets provide criminals with numerous opportunities to identify, follow or ambush vehicles making Last Mile deliveries.
Stephen Bacot (below, left), LandRisk Manager, and Kristian Bischoff, Analyst, at Risk Intelligence, which specialises in threat analysis of piracy, organised crime, terrorism, insurgency and military conflicts on land, in ports and at sea, and launched the land-based incident awareness and assessment module of the Risk Intelligence System, LandRisk, in 2019, providing supply chain and logistics operators with up-to-date security intelligence, threat assessments, route planning and fleet tracking on the go. TAPA and Risk Intelligence are in partnership to incorporate the TAPA Incident Information Service (IIS) data into the Risk Intelligence System for the benefit of the Association’s members and to assist in analysing the data.
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enforced to ensure they are used, such as driver training that includes a quick safety/ security check before unloading. Drivers should also be reminded of the need to follow sensible security procedures, including checking mirrors before exiting their vehicle, looking for suspicious people at drop-off points, and being alert to anything deemed to be out of the ordinary. The general rule is always: if it does not feel right, drive on and come back later. And, always lock the vehicle, no matter how close the delivery or how short the stop.
A threat for the long-term
There have been some successes against the criminals over the last year, with three notable law enforcement operations that took down four separate cargo theft groups. These groups specialised in targeting trucks at local service areas.
However welcome these successes are, they will have little impact on low-level criminals conducting Last Mile delivery thefts within the city. In Barcelona, every street is a potential delivery stop and, as a result, a potential crime scene. The threat actors are too numerous and incident locations too dispersed to effectively monitor and interdict. As a result, logistics service providers should primarily rely on their own security procedures and dynamic assessment tools to avoid theft.
Tactics Used 45
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Failed Theft from trailer
Failed Theft from Vehicle
Robbery
Theft from Trailer
Theft from Vehicle
Total incidents by Type
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Tactics used for all 105 cargo crimes in Barcelona in the past year
Types of incidents for all 105 cargo thefts in Barcelona in the past year
Truck stops to watch.
Curtain Slashed Deception During delivery Forced entry Robbery Seal Broken Unknown Violence
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