MOVING FORWARD COVID-19 INTELLIGENCE Transported Asset Protection Association


You will have seen the regular updates from all three TAPA regions which share information and advice on how supply chains are dealing with the impact of the coronavirus. We intend to maintain these to provide relevant and useful information throughout this crisis. If you have any news or information which will benefit the wider TAPA Family, please send it to us at info@tapaemea.org and we will aim to include it in our updates.


RESILIENCE NEWS – EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA


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Transported Asset Protection Association


DATA OPENS DOORS


In the TAPA EMEA IIS Annual Report for 2019, which was distributed to our members and partners this month, I said that the first thing we are asked whenever we try to attract a new member, gain the support of a new law enforcement agency partner, or engage with a government ministry is ‘where’s the data?’


FULL SPEED AHEAD MAJOR INCIDENTS


Even in these uncertain times, at TAPA EMEA we are carrying on our work on behalf of our members to deliver the services and benefits you continue to need to support your supply chain resilience programmes.


As Mark and Steve report in our Standards FAQs in this issue, we are continuing to receive very positive feedback on the new 2020 versions of our FSR and TSR Security Standards, and we hope this will result in a much higher adoption of the Standards once they go ‘live’ on 1 July 2020. Our Standards rollout is on track and we are now looking to adjust our face-to-face training to online courses to make sure you receive all the help you need to start or grow your certification programmes. Stay tuned for further details.


Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised that you are impressed – because you have helped us shape and improve the Standards so they are fit for purpose for your supply chain security requirements. This is why Standards which have been developed ‘by the industry, for the industry’ are the most successful. We aim to prove this once again with our Parking Security Requirements.


€17,440,800


The biggest loss reported to TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in 2019 was a substantial theft of high value jewellery and precious metals from an Origin Facility in Sandton in South Africa’s Gauteng province on 9 August. Thieves forced their way into a luxury goods warehouse and overpowered the staff, destroying the building’s security doors in the process, before escaping with diamonds, earrings, necklaces and watches. According to intelligence recorded by TAPA’s IIS, the facility’s CCTV cameras were not working at the time of the crime.


€10,000,000


One media report described this loss as being ‘reminiscent of a Hollywood heist movie’ after armed thieves broke onto the airfield at Albania’s Tirana International Airport on 9 April and ‘held up’ an aircraft as it was waiting to depart to Vienna. The Airbus A320 was approached by thieves yielding AK47 automatic weapons as cargo was being loaded into its hold and while passengers were onboard the jet.


MAJOR CARGO CRIMES BY TYPE OF INCIDENT


Theft from Vehicle Theft


Theft of Vehicle Fraud


Theft from Facility Theft from Trailer Hijacking


Theft of Trailer Robbery


Theft of Container Theft from Container


6


TOTAL 46


35 29 17 15 14 8 7 3 3 2


€5,000,000


On 8 December, offenders escaped with a large shipment of clothing and footwear from a vehicle in Helmond, North Brabant, in the Netherlands. No further details are available.


CARGO CRIME


€3,400,000 1. Bavaria


2. Baden-Württemburg 3. Berlin


€3,000,000


Offenders used two trucks fitted with false license plates to steal phones, drones, cameras and lighting equipment from an Aviation Transportation Facility at Amsterdam Schiphol in the Netherlands on 5 June.


4. Brandenburg 5. Bremen 6. Hesse


7. Lower Saxony €2,300,000


8. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 9. North Rhine-Westphalia 10. Rhineland-Palatinate 11. Saarland 12. Saxony


On 2 January, four offenders armed with an automatic weapon used a truck to close a section of highway in Melito di Porto Salvo in Italy’s Calabria region. As the cash-in-transit vehicle they were targeting approached the location, the


13. Saxony-Anhalt


14. Schleswig-Holstein 15. Thuringia


Note: In 2019, the locations of 143 (vs. 22) incidents were unknown


TOTAL: BIGGEST LOSS


The theft of a cash-in-transit vehicle, involving an Internal M.O, on 11 February in Aubervilliers in Île-de-France. The driver disappeared with the truck after two security guards travelling with him exited the vehicle. It was found a short distance away with its doors wide open but the money and driver were nowhere to be found.


NO. OF INCIDENTS IN 2019 & VS. (2018)


MONITOR


CARGO THEFT ANALYSIS


TAPA Incident Information Service (IIS) Annual Report 2019 - Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)


VALUE


The offenders held ground staff at gunpoint before stealing €10,000,000 in cash. One of the thieves was reportedly killed during a shoot-out with law enforcement officers at the airport. Other members of the gang escaped, and police later found a burnt-out car close to the airport, which is believed to have been used by the offenders. No crew or passengers saw the incident take place or suffered any injuries.


TOP 10 COUNTRY INTELLIGENCE GERMANY


occupants were threatened at gunpoint and forced to leave the vehicle. The criminals then used two bulldozers to smash open the armoured vehicle’s strongbox before making their escape with €2,300,000 in cash.


€2,198,362


Five offenders – including two security guards employed by the company – reportedly stole cables, glass products and other equipment from an Origin Facility in Dubai over the course of several weeks at the start of the year.


€1,987,886


A trailer loaded with perfumes was stolen after thieves used a tractor unit to smash through the entry gates of an Authorised 3rd Party Facility in Oxfordshire, UK, on 10 March.


7 €1,500,000


60 (11) 46 (13)


184 (4) 1 (1)


106 (14) 646 (13) 7 (1)


1,089 (35) 115 (4) 3 (5)


97 (5)


355 (6) 3 (0)


43 (6) 2,905 vs. (142)


A Theft of Vehicle crime and the loss of miscellaneous cargo in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on 10 November.


9


€1,408,705 7 (2)


On 12 June, thieves cut the locks of a truck parked at Clacket Lane motorway services in Kent, UK, and stole a shipment of navigation and sports equipment.


€1,300,000


The theft of a trailer and its cargo of computers/laptops in Duiven, Gelderland, in the Netherlands on 30 March.


6 10 11 2 TAPA EMEA - INCIDENT INFORMATION SERVICE - 2019 ANNUAL REPORT €1,200,000


Theft of perfumes from a truck in Mockern, Lower Saxony


 Unknown  Intrusion  Internal


5 14


MAJOR CRIMES BY TYPE OF LOCATION


Unclassified Parking Location


Unknown


Services 3rd Party Facility En Route


Authorised 3rd Party Facility Origin Facility


Aviation Transportation Facility


Maritime Transportation Facility


8


Railway Operation Facility 4


Destination Facility €1,200,000


Road Transportation Facility 13


TAPA’s IIS received a second report involving the loss of smartwatches, cycling computers, satellite navigation systems and sailing devices on 12 June in Kent, UK, which may be linked to the previously mentioned incident on the same day at Clacket Lane MSA.


3 12


€1,200,000 15


Perfumes were also stolen in this Theft from Vehicle crime on the A2 in Möckern in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on 4 December after the driver stopped in an unclassified parking location for a night rest.


1


TOTAL 69


48 18 16 10 9


3 2


2 1 1


€1,161,251


A cargo of toys was stolen from a truck parked in a layby on the A43 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, on 18 September.


€1,113,075


Five offenders stole a container carrying a shipment of 4,177 laptops from a Maritime Transportation Facility in Dubai on 29 July after bribing a security guard manning the port entrance. Police later recovered almost the entire load from a warehouse in Umm Al Quwain.


€1,000,000


The theft of a trailer loaded with electronics products on 18 October from an unknown location in Deventer in the Dutch province of Overijssel.


Miscellaneous €800,000


This crime at a Services 3rd Party Facility in Strullendorf, Bavaria, in Germany on 12 May involved the criminal destruction of cargo vehicles. Offenders entered the company premises on the Sunday night and set fire to four trucks and one van located at different places on the site. Computers/Laptops


Tools/Building Materials Cosmetics & Hygiene Car Parts


Major cargo losses in EMEA recorded a combined value of more than €96 million in 2019 and averaged €536,889 for every incident.


Sports Equipment Toys/Games Tobacco Bicycles


Pharmaceuticals Phones


Jewellery/Precious Metals Agricultural Materials Cash


TOTAL: TAPA EMEA - INCIDENT INFORMATION SERVICE - 2019 ANNUAL REPORT MODUS OPERANDI TOP 5


 Violent & Threat with Violence  Theft from Moving Vehicle TOTAL


 Deception Other  Deceptive Pick Up  Cybercrime TOTAL


€242,630 2,905


2,011 (69.2%) 860 (29.6%) 14 (0.4%) 10 (0.3%) 4 (0.1%) 99.6% 3 2 1


0.4%


Total number of incidents reported to TAPA’s IIS in 2019


Furniture/Household Appliances Clothing & Footwear Food & Drink TOTAL: Tyres


PRODUCT CATEGORY - TOP 5 Unspecified


€778,972


On 1 September, a trailer loaded with laptops was stolen in Oss in the Netherlands’ North Brabant province.


€700,000


Few details were recorded for this loss of perfumes in Burgerveen, North Holland, on 28 February, which stated the type of incident as Fraud.


PRODUCT CATEGORY


€646,326


A driver who collected a shipment of activewear and accessories bound for Wroclaw in Poland disappeared with the cargo soon after leaving a facility in Germany.


€630,016


1,584 (54.2%) 638 (21.9%) 112 (3.8%)


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84 (2.8%) 85.8% 56


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No Load (Theft of truck and/or trailer) Metal


€573,414 53


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This crime on 6 March resulted in two suspects being shot dead by police in Kampala, Uganda. According to intelligence provided to TAPA, the driver of a cash-in-transit vehicle and two accomplices laced the food of the truck’s two security guards with sedatives and waited until they were unconscious before moving the cash to another vehicle. However, police officers soon intercepted the vehicle and two of the offenders were shot as they tried to escape.


55 51


40 37 34 13 13 11 9 7 6 5 4 1


14.2% 7 Crimes in


On 29 May, 20,000 litres of vodka disappeared from a Services 3rd Party Facility in Fosten, Derbyshire, in the UK. The crime was reportedly perpetrated by a forklift truck driver working in the warehouse.


€582,301 92 (3.1%)


Number of TAPA IIS product categories


19


recording losses in 2019


INCIDENT CATEGORY


In Thame in the Thames Valley region of the UK on 10 March, thieves set fire to six portacabins before stealing nine HGVs from a secured compound.


57


Germany with a loss value of €50,000- €100,000 produced a combined loss of €3,748,444


Average loss for the 45 major cargo crimes reported to TAPA EMEA’s IIS LOCATION TYPE TOP 5


 Unclassified Parking Location 2,003 (68.9%)  Unknown


 Destination Facility


 Services 3rd Party Facility  En Route TOTAL


 Origin Facility


 Road Transportation Facility  Authorised 3rd Party Facility  Railway Operation Facility  Aviation Transportation Facility  Maritime Transportation Facility TOTAL


739 (25.4%) 66 (2.2%) 35 (1.2%) 16 (0.5%) 98.2% 19 10 9 4 3 1


1.8%


Number of regions reporting cargo theft incidents


INCIDENT CATEGORY - TOP 5 Theft from Vehicle Theft


Theft from Trailer Theft from Facility Truck Theft TOTAL:


Theft of Vehicle Theft of Container Theft from Container Theft of Trailer Clandestine Unknown Fraud


TOTAL: .....................................................................................................................................................


1,926 (66.2%) 757 (26%) 99 (3.4%) 39 (1.3%) 35 (1.2%) 98.1% 26


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7 5 4 4 2 1


1.9% GERMANY


Real cargo crime intelligence is the most powerful tool we have to gain the recognition and support we need to make supply chains more resilient. In 2019, thanks to the great work of our IIS team and many of our member and partners, we doubled the volume of incident data we received. Consequently, more supply chains will be more secure because of the insight this gives into the activities of criminals in our region.


Value for the 1,351 of cargo thefts reporting a value


15 68.9% €20,699,198


Or 2,003 recorded incidents involved trucks in Unclassified Parking Locations


So, a massive ‘thank you’ for everyone who shared or sourced data for our database. I assure you it will open more doors for TAPA at the highest levels of business, law enforcement and government.


I’M WORKING ON…


Along with other colleagues in the region, we’ve started the planning process for a digital transformation that will include a new TAPA EMEA website and CRM system to make our membership connections more seamless and efficient. As well as giving you access to all the information you need, we also want our online presence to be the best possible advocate of what we do as an association to help us attract more members and partners. I’ll keep you updated as our plans take shape as we look to deliver more benefits for more members in 2020.


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