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LEADERSHIP UPDATE
BUILDING THE TAPA BRAND WITH EMEA REGION STAKEHOLDERS
Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, shares the latest update on some of his and the Association’s latest activities aimed at accelerating TAPA EMEA’s growth, development and influence, and delivering more benefits to our growing membership…
85 MILLION REASONS TO STAY
BUILDING OUR BRAND WITH BUSINESS
LEADERS IN GERMANY As a consequence of my role as President & CEO of TAPA EMEA, I am delighted to have been asked to serve as Chair of ASW, the North German Security Association, which will offer more unique networking and intelligence opportunities with leading business executives, law enforcement officials and other security stakeholders.
We have been actively building our working relationships with many associations in EMEA in the past 2-3 years as well as with LEAs. TAPA was the first industry association to be invited to join Project CARGO - the EU initiative implemented by the State Criminal Office (AKA) of Saxony-Anhalt to ease the burden of crimes on businesses, national economies and consumers – and, in Germany, was also one of the 13 business associations which estimated the annual cost of cargo crime in Germany to be some €2.2 billion per annum. I am confident this new role will not only enhance TAPA’s profile within the German business
community but will also further enhance our understanding of security challenges across the country.
I look forward to working with both old friends and new contacts. I am joined on the ASW Board by Michael Schmidt, Head of Corporate Security at Volkswagen AG and a member of our own TAPA EMEA Advisory Board, and Frank Busch, Head of Corporate Security at Continental AG. I expect to see new opportunities arising from this which will benefit both of our great associations.
EXTRA VIGILANT As we report in this issue, the COVID lockdown measures implemented across the EMEA region may be impacting the activities of opportunist cargo thieves but the strategic operations of Organised Crime Groups have remained extremely active, resulting in losses of goods from supply chains with a value well over €85 million in the first six months of this year. If we were given all the data on every cargo crime, we know this figure would be many times higher.
Right now, we are seeing moves by governments across our region to implement restrictions to prevent a significant second wave of the virus. These are unlikely to deter professional cargo thieves. If anything, I suspect OCGs will be actively looking for more supply chain targets, knowing police resources are being focused on maintaining COVID policies. Sadly, it will take more than a pandemic to keep these offenders at home. Stay extra vigilant and please share any threats or incident news you are made aware of.
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