May 2015 vigilant THE MONTHLY CARGO CRIME UPDATE FOR MEMBERS OF TAPA EMEA TRANSPORTED ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATION TIME BOMB Escalating truck hijacks in South Africa driven by social and economic conditions Page 7: €270,652 - average loss value in April Pages 8-9: Bogus ‘police’ hijack truck and steal €900,000 load Page 10: New 250-vehicle secure truck park in Dunkirk Pages 11-14: What is the greatest risk to your supply chain? Page 15: TAPA APAC conference aims for 350 delegates Page 16: Q1 loss value continues to climb in the U.S. Page 17: Register now for TAPA EMEA Regional Conferences
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May 2015
vigilantTHE MONTHLY CARGO CRIME UPDATE FOR MEMBERS OF TAPA EMEA
TRANSPORTED ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
TIME BOMB
Escalating truck hijacks in South Africa driven by social and economic conditions
Page 7: €270,652 - average loss value in April
Pages 8-9: Bogus ‘police’ hijack truck and steal €900,000 load
Page 10: New 250-vehicle secure truck park in Dunkirk
Pages 11-14: What is the greatest risk to your supply chain?
Page 15: TAPA APAC conference aims for 350 delegates
Page 16: Q1 loss value continues to climb in the U.S.
Page 17: Register now for TAPA EMEA Regional Conferences
2 CHAIRMAN’S VIEW
welcome
Thorsten Neumann Chairman
In the current business world, no one can afford to sustain losses.Losing money gets everyone’s attention. It forces change, harms reputations and costs jobs. In the case of losses from cargo crime, as we know, the actual loss value of stolen cargo is only one part of the true cost.
It isn’t just business people that find losses so difficult to tolerate. Law enforcement agencies and government officials feel the pressure too as violent and high value cargo crimes are reported across the EMEA region.
I make this point because as supply chain professionals we need the help and focus of government officials and police agencies to help us combat cargo crime. We are effectively competing with other business sectors as well as wider social issues that are also demanding the authorities’ time and resources.
All we can do is to continue to gather credible intelligence to make our supply chain resilience needs impossible to ignore and to enable us to win a bigger share of governmental and police time when we present our case to other stakeholders. The latest numbers we have collated and that we also see being reported by other organisations certainly reinforce the scale of the problem.
In its Global Supply Chain Intelligence Report, BSI Supply Chain Solutions puts the cost of global cargo theft in 2014 at US$23 billion having measured 20 risk factors in 203 countries.
TAPA EMEA’s own Incident Information Service (IIS) Report for Q1 2015 shows an average loss value of €210,365. In April, IIS says the average loss for cargo crime incidents that stated a value was €270,652. In the Americas it is a very similar story, as we report in this issue, with one expert quoting a 25% year-on-year rise in the value of cargo losses in the United States in Q1 to $256,966.
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL SCALE OF CARGO LOSSES
See also our story this month of the escalating scale of violent cargo crime in South Africa.
These figures and the statements that go with them are frightening for businesses, LEAs and national government authorities – and my instinct is that they will continue to increase. We will still face many difficulties in getting our concerns high enough on the political and police agendas but it would seem that all over the world, people are increasing their awareness of the fast-growing threat of cargo crime and that can only help our endeavours.
In talking about countries with extremely high rates of cargo crime, I want to remind all of our members that TAPA EMEA is giving you an opportunity to discuss the national issue of freight theft in four regional conferences taking place in June, July and October. Next month we will be in the UK and the Netherlands, in July we host an event in Johannesburg and, in October, we return to Italy as part of our ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the challenges companies are facing in these countries. Spaces are still available at all four of these events. If
some or all of these markets are of interest to your business, I urge you to go along to
see what you can learn from our expert speakers and by networking with the
other delegates.
As supply chain security professionals, we have to manage risk every single moment of every day. It’s not a Monday-Friday, 9-5 job. Our supply chains can come under attack at any time. We need to always be looking for the latest information on the type, level and
location of those threats and be prepared to share intelligence and
best practice. The more we can do together, the more effectively we will
be able to do our jobs individually.
These figures and the statements that go with them are frightening for businesses, LEAs and national government authorities – and my instinct is that they will continue to increase.
3 TIME BOMB
South Africa is a ‘ticking time bomb’ of vehicle crime, says fleet management & stolen vehicle tracking company, Cartrack Holdings. Its latest data shows a 16% increase in truck hijackings in the year ended February 2015.This follows the release of figures by the country’s Road Freight Association which reported 1,150 truck hijackings
during the same period, described as a ‘rapid and significant escalation’.
John Edmeston, global CFO of Cartrack, says that as economic growth contracts, unemployment figures grow and regard for the rule-of-law
deteriorates, vehicle tracking and recovery companies believe vehicle hijacking and theft will increase. Currently, 50% of
stolen and hijacked vehicles are disposed of in South Africa, 30% are exported to other countries while the
rest end up in ‘chop shops’ and the parts market.
“As long as cash-strapped consumers are prepared to look the other way to save a
buck and fuel demand, criminal syndicates will continue to operate and flourish,”
he says.
Research shows a direct correlation between the crime rate and economic and social conditions. During the financial crisis in 2008/9, truck hijackings in South Africa soared by 61% year-on-year. During the recovery years of 2011/12, the number of incidents fell by 42%.
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TAPA EMEA members who have suffered incidents in South Africa or have read media reports on cargo crimes in the country in 2015 are asked to share this information via
Quoted in media reports, Edmeston adds: “Nevertheless, we have to come to terms with the fact that crime, particularly organised crime, is an industry in itself and will thrive regardless of economics. Gangs operating drug and vehicle theft syndicates are rife across South Africa, particularly in Gauteng and Western Cape.”
The perceived or real high levels of corruption, instability in South Africa’s law enforcement agencies and perceived low criminal prosecution rates also play a role in bolstering crime, with criminals
believing they can ‘act with impunity.’
In one of the latest incidents reported to TAPA EMEA’s IIS, a violent truck hijacking near the intersection of the R21 off-ramp and High Road (R23), Witfontein, Kempton Park, resulted in a loss valued at around €148,000. 10 attackers are believed to have been involved in the theft, which saw a BMW 5 Series cut in front of the truck and perform an emergency stop to force the truck to stop. The armed attackers are believed to have used a GPS ‘jammer’ having taken control of the vehicle and its cargo.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Gauteng police, has urged businesses to use more advanced technological devices to protect goods-in-transit from the crime syndicates that benefit from truck hijackings.
Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Diamini said that although police are working
on several strategies to deal with truck hijackings and the crime syndicates involved, more can be done by industry and transport companies to support police efforts. He said criminals often use jamming devices during hijackings to delay the tracking of trucks while they off-load the goods. He is quoted as saying: “Police believe business people and companies should also protect their stock by irregular insertion of tracking devices in their stock as this may be one of the most effective methods of tracing the stock and helping police to arrest those who are in possession of stolen goods. This may also lead to the identification of crime syndicates.”
He also called on businesses to exercise stricter controls over their employees, particularly those exposed to high value goods-in-transit. Company employees, he said, are continuously recruited by crime syndicates with the promise of extra income.
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‘As long as cash-strapped consumers are prepared to look the other way to save a buck and fuel demand, criminal syndicates will continue to operate and flourish.’
The perceived or real high levels of corruption, instability in South Africa’s law enforcement agencies and perceived low criminal prosecution rates also play a role in bolstering crime, with criminals believing they can ‘act with impunity.’
Some of the incidents reported by South Africa’s media in the last six weeks:INCIDENT NEWS
Police killers on way to hijack cargo truckTwo police officers murdered in a shoot-out on a Johannesburg highway were allegedly killed by a gang on their way to hijack a cargo truck, magistrates in the city were told. One of the accused hijackers had previously held a meeting with one of the truck company employees about the potential hijacking and later got a job with the company as a part-time security guard to escort cargo shipments from Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport.
In a confession to police, the company employee said he later notified his employers of the planned hijacking and they changed the time the truck left the airport on that day. By the time the gang realised the truck schedule had been changed, the vehicle had already left the airport. They sped after the truck on the route it was known to be taking in a BMW and Mercedes-Benz but their reckless driving on the N3 highway alerted the police officers. When they tried to stop the BMW, one of the suspects is reported to have opened fire on the police vehicle, killing two of the officers and severely injuring a third officer.
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Police recover cargo worth 5 million randIn the first week of May, Gauteng Police seized cargo worth five million rand after a truck hijacking was reported in the Cleveland area of Johannesburg. Police spotted the truck on the R21 highway pulling out of a yard with its lights off. Police stopped the vehicle and found it to contain boxes of handbags. They also found a second vehicle that was being used to relocate the cargo.
AK47 recovered after high-speed chase Five men have been arrested for allegedly hijacking a courier truck in Olifantsfontein, Gauteng, after a high-speed chase. A media report stated that the courier vehicle was surrounded by around four vehicles, including a white Golf 7, a white Ford ST and a BMW 1 Series to facilitate the hijacking. Police detained three of the men after a shoot-out on a construction site following a fast pursuit of one of the cars along the N3 South. They also recovered an AK47 automatic weapon. The hijacked truck was later found abandoned in Tsutsumani Village in Alexandra. Cargo valued at thousands of rand was recovered.
Police interrupt hijack of cigarette truckA KwaZulu-Natal policeman was seriously injured in a shoot-out with armed hijackers during the rush hour in Lenasia. Police officers were on their way to Soweto when they saw a cigarette truck was being hijacked about 2km from Chris Hani Baragwanath Road in Protea about 0800hrs. The truck driver was pushed out
of the vehicle but when the four hijackers saw the police officers they opened fire before abandoning the truck and running away. During the commotion, bystanders started helping themselves to the boxes of cigarettes.
Tip-off recovers goods worth ‘millions of rand’A tip-off to police led to the recovery of electrical appliances worth millions of rand inside a stolen truck and the arrest of five men on Sim Street, Kempton Park. South Africa Police Service (SAPS) said the suspects were found at a storage facility offloading the goods into a second truck, also believed to have been stolen.
Tyres M.O. used to stop truckA truck and trailer was hijacked in Randfontein after the suspects drove past the driver and indicated
something was wrong with the truck’s tyres. When the driver pulled over to check the vehicle, he was threatened with a firearm. The suspects forced the driver into their car before releasing him later in remote countryside.
Helicopter intercepts cigarette thievesPolice used a helicopter to track down a truck carrying cigarettes that was hijacked in Springs on the East Rand in Gauteng province. The hijackers were cornered on
the N17 highway near Rondebult Road in Boksburg South.
Another attack on N12 OR Tambo off-rampAn attempted armed robbery took place when gunmen fired at a moving truck near Tasbet Park on the N12. The truck driver managed to escape unharmed and reported the incident to police. The driver told police he saw a vehicle flashing its lights behind him. As he was trying to get a better look, someone in the vehicle, a black VW Golf with no number plate, fired a gun at him, trying to force him off the road. The driver took the off-ramp onto OR Tambo Street and drove straight to the police station. This is the latest is a series of attacks on trucks on the N12 near the OR Tambo off-ramp.
Footballer among 10 arrests for truck hijackingA former Bafana Bafana football player was one of 10 suspects arrested for conspiracy to hijack a truck. The player was reportedly out on bail at the time for a hijacking case in Oggies Mpumalanga in February. Two of the suspects were found wearing EMPD uniforms, leading to charges of impersonating a police officer. One report stated that the player and four Zimbabweans were arrested in
2011 for being in possession of stolen goods worth over 4.2 million rand.
5 TIME BOMB
NEXT ISSUEA report from the TAPA EMEA and Hi-Tech Security Solutions event in Johannesburg looking at security in the warehouse and freight transport sector.
66 TAPA CERTIFICATION
Latest FSR, TSR and TACSS security certificationsIn each issue of this newsletter, we publish a list of the TAPA EMEA members that have most recently gained TAPA FSR, TSR or TACSS certification. The following companies and locations were audited by one of TAPA EMEA’s approved auditing partners or, in the case of ‘C’ certification, may have been completed by an in-house TAPA-trained person.
FSR Company Name Country City Class
FSR arvato distribution GmbH DE Herzebrock-Clarholz AFSR CEVA Freight Belgium BE Machelen AFSR DHL Cameroon Limited (Express) CM Douala AFSR DHL Express (Norway) AS NO Oslo BFSR DHL Express Bizkaia Spain S.L. ES Derio (Bizkaia) AFSR DHL International UK Ltd GB Altrincham AFSR DHL Parcel (Netherlands) B.V. NL Utrecht AFSR DHL Parcel Nederland B.V. NL Amsterdam AFSR DHL Supply Chain (Ireland) Ltd IE Dublin AFSR DSV Solutions Nederland B.V. NL Amsterdam AFSR TNT Express Nederland B.V. NL Schiphol-Rijk AFSR TNT Express UAE AE Abu Dhabi AFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Cagliari-Elmas (CA) C FSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Caltanissetta (CL) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Empoli CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Bologna (BO) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Ancona CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Civitanova Marche (MC) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Lecce (LE) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Foggia (FG) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Perugia (PG) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Modugno (BA) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Lucca (LU) CFSR TNT Global Express Italy IT Palermo CFSR TNT Global Express S.p.A. IT Piacenza AFSR TNT Global Express S.p.A. IT Brescia (BS) C
SEE IT SEND ITOver 50% of the intelligence gathered by TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) is generated from media reports.
TAPA INTELLIGENCE DRIVES A SECURE SUPPLY CHAIN
If you see a reported cargo crime incident, just take a second and send the news link to [email protected]
CARGO CRIME MONITOR7 DATA FOR APRIL 2015
CARGO THEFT BY COUNTRYAPRIL 2015
4
5
1
1 2
27
ITALY
GERMANY
RUSSIA
BELGIUM
DENMARK
NETHERLANDS
€270,652AVERAGE LOSS VALUE
LAST MONTH
3 CRIMES CLASSIFIED AS
‘MAJOR’ INCIDENTS WITH LOSSES IN
EXCESS OF €100,000
€900,000 THEFT OF CLOTHING
IN BOGUS POLICE STOP IN NOLA, ITALY
40
NEW CARGO THEFT INCIDENTS RECORDED DURING THIS MONTH
CARGO THEFT BY PRODUCT
TOOLS & BUILDING MATERIALS
1
METAL
1
UNKNOWN
24
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
1
COOLING BINS
1
PHARMACEUTICALS
2
CLEANING PRODUCTS
1
FOOD & BEVERAGE
2
BEDDING
1
TOBACCO
2
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
1
CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR
2APRIL 2015
FUEL
1
Number of incidents in month
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On April 9, criminals impersonating law enforcement officers forced a truck to stop before stealing the truck, trailer and its entire load. The driver was forced into the fake ‘police’ car and driven around for several hours before being released in Castel Volturno,
35km northwest of Naples.
IIS recorded three major incidents last month with loss values in excess of €100,000.
The second highest recorded loss took place on April 30 when a truck carrying cigarettes in the town of Pushkino, north east of Moscow, was hijacked and its €450,000 load stolen.
According to local police reports, the truck driver was forced into a car at gunpoint and driven to eastern Moscow.
Food & beverage was the product category targeted in the other major incident. A trailer loaded with €200,000 of frozen lobsters destined for Italy was picked up in Fredrikshavn, Denmark, on April 17 and, disappeared the same day.
CRIMINALS IMPERSONATING POLICE OFFICERS GET AWAY WITH €900,000 OF CLOTHING IN NAPLES
Bogus police officers featured in the biggest single loss recorded by TAPA EMEA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in April, which resulted in the theft of €900,000 of clothing in Nola in the Naples region of Italy.
Hijacking 7.5%
Theft from Vehicle 45%
Robbery 2.5%
Theft of Container 2.5%
Theft from Trailer 2.5%Theft of Vehicle 35%
TYPE OF INCIDENTS
April 2015
35%
45%
2.5%
Truck Theft 2.5%
Theft of Trailer 2.5%
2.5%2.5%
2.5%2.5%
7.5%
Criminals impersonating police officers get away with €900,000 of clothing in Naples: Continued from page 8
The transport services were acquired using the ‘open spot market’ on the internet. However, it would appear the transport agreement was made by a false transport company. The load was last seen on traffic cameras on the E45 South at Aalborg. The use of online freight exchange sites will be a topic of discussion at TAPA EMEA’s conference in Munich in November following a series of incidents similar to this one in Denmark.
Overall, IIS collected data on 40 cargo crime incidents in April. The combined loss for the six incidents that reported a value was €1,623,915 – making the average loss for the month, based on the crimes providing a value, €270,652.
The month saw a new case involving Theft from a Moving Vehicle, this time involving a truck in transit from Saint Petersburg to Velikiy Novgorod in Russia. On arrival at its destination, the vehicle was missing 12 cases of tobacco products. The most unusual crime in April saw thieves steal
mattresses and pillows worth €52,415 from an Origin Facility in Flensburg, Germany.
Continued incident data sharing by Dutch police meant the Netherlands accounted for 27 of the 40 cargo crime incidents in April. 15 of these took place at unsecured parking locations and a further nine thefts occurred at Origin Facilities. Breda and Echt were the locations of most incidents with four each. Overall, police supplied information on incidents in 18 different Dutch towns in the month. Germany and Italy were the second and third countries with five and four incidents respectively.
Theft from Vehicle incidents accounted for 18 or 45% of the April total. A further 14 or 35% of thefts or attempted thefts involved Theft of Vehicle, while the three Hijackings recorded in April represented 7.5% of the total.
Unsecured parking locations remained the most frequent location type for cargo crimes, featuring in 40% of all thefts reported to IIS last month. Origin Facility was the location for 32.5% of crimes and En Route accounted for 27.5%.
The M.O. used by cargo thieves was unknown for 42.5% of April’s incidents. Intrusion was the most popular modus operandi for the remaining crimes and was used in 16 or 40% of cases. Three Forced Stops were recorded during the month and there were single incidents involving Theft from a Moving Vehicle, Deceptive Stop, Deceptive Pick-up and Violence/Threat of Violence.
The products targeted by cargo thieves continued to be extremely varied, although only 16 of the 40 reports to IIS in April included product information. Of these, Clothing & Footwear, Tobacco, Food & Beverage and Pharmaceuticals featured most with two incidents apiece.
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Unsecured Parking 40% En route 27.5%
Origin Facility 32.5%
TYPE OF LOCATION
April 2015
27.5%
40%
32.5%
Forced Stop 7.5%
Unknown 42.5%
Theft from a Moving Truck 2.5%
Deceptive Stop 2.5%
Deceptive Pick-up 2.5%Intrusion 40%
TYPE OFM.O.
April 2015
40%
42.5%
Violence/Threat of Violence 2.5%
2.5%2.5%
2.5%2.5%
7.5%
Police in the Netherlands shared data on cargo crime incidents in 18 Dutch towns in April.
10 NEWS IN BRIEF
WELCOME OUR LATEST MEMBERSPlease join us in welcoming the latest companies to join TAPA EMEA:
Company Country Website
DACHSER Netherlands B.V. NL www.dachser.nl
Gunnebo Italia IT www.gunnebo.com
MELES Insurance A/S DK www.meles-insurance.com
N.G.H. srl IT New site under construction
Sensitech EMEA NL www.sensitech.com
Mark2 Corporation Czech a.s. CZ www.m2c.eu
TAPA on TV in GermanyMichael Wortmann, TAPA EMEA Director, was interviewed for the ‘Markt’ economic programme on German TV, for a news report on cargo theft.A separate interview has also been published on the WDR news channel website.
You can view the programme and interview by following these links:
New 250 vehicle secure truck park in DunkirkA new €2.5 million 24/7 secure truck parking and amenities centre has opened near the Port of Dunkirk with the capacity to accommodate 250 vehicles. The DK Trucks Park is located just off the A16 motorway.It is monitored by 40 high-definition CCTV cameras and provides a range of driver facilities including a rest room, shower facilities, a launderette and free wifi.
Thieves stole €10K of sunflower seedsPolice in Malaga arrested three men on suspicion of stealing 25,000 kilos of sunflower seeds worth an estimated €10,000. Reports say two of the men worked in a neighbouring warehouse that shared the vehicle loading area.
Fake military uniforms used to steal fuelPolice in Nigeria have arrested five fuel and oil hijackers who used fake military uniforms to force truck drivers to stop their vehicles for the thefts to take place.
1111 MARKET INTELLIGENCE
WHERE IS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN MOST AT THREAT?10 BIGGEST ‘HOTSPOTS’ FOR CARGO CRIME IN EUROPE
• France (Paris) • Italy (Lombardy, Apulia, Campania) • Germany (transit motorways) • Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg and transit motorways) • United Kingdom (motorways) • Netherlands (south-east, Rotterdam) • Belgium (transit motorways) • Sweden (southern triangle) • Spain (Madrid, Catalonia, Aragon, Andalusia) • Central & Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine)
WHAT IS THE GREATEST
RISK
TO YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN?
Vigilant looks at the study’s main findings for the six countries that reported the highest number of incidents to the Association’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in 2014.
TAPA member FreightWatch International’s newly-published 2014/15 ‘European Cargo Crime Threat Assessment’, produced by its Supply Chain Intelligence Center, provides a detailed insight into cargo crime trends in the continent’s major markets.
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WHERE IS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN MOST AT THREAT?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• 2,300 - number of cargo crime
incidents a year, according to national police, OCLDI.
• 31% of all Paris incidents are Theft from Trailer, 145 crimes in 2014
• 30 hijackings reported to French LEAs in 2014
• Violence in Paris/Ile-de-France 3x more violent than in the rest of France
• 20% of crimes in 2014 occurred in the wider Paris region, 460 in total
• ‘Curtain cutters’ target most heavily-laden trucks with a quick visual check on a truck’s rear suspension
• Most vehicle hijackings occur in the first few kilometres after leaving distribution centres due to the ‘inalterability of routes’
• Trucks are also vulnerable a few kilometres from their destination when drivers are less vigilant, slow down and are more likely to stop
• Hijacked trucks are usually not driven far before loads are switched to other vehicles, making it difficult for truck tracking companies to alert LEAs to react in time
• ‘Blue light’ hijackings are frequently used in the Paris area with bogus ‘police’ stops
• Tobacco, electronics and perfumes are the most targeted products
• Warehouse burglaries are rare, representing just 3% of the police data for 2014
• Cargo theft in France rose 40% in 2014 vs. 2013
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• 1,200 in-transit thefts recorded by
Italian LEAs in 2014, 70% of all cargo crimes
• 30% of cargo thefts in 2014 targeted facilities
• The rate of violent hijackings in
Lombardy, Apulia and Campania is well above the rest of Europe
• The Mafia is now a central player in cargo crime
• Focus has shifted to a few high-value commodities; pharmaceuticals, tobacco and fine food & beverage products
• Theft from trailers at unsecured parking locations is the most common type of freight crime, usually occurring at night
• Criminals don’t hesitate to use violence to achieve their goal
• Most hijackings happen on smaller regional roads near motorway exits
• Trucks are usually stopped by armed road blocks
• The use of GPS ‘jammers’ is widespread – in Apulia, jammers are used in 100% of high value hijackings, Campania = 90%, Lazio = 75%, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna = 50%
• ‘Blue light’ hijackings a regular feature in southern Italy
• Mobile Eastern European gangs also active in Italy
• Mafia reportedly buying stakes in/taking over troubled transport companies to commit cargo crime by deception or to launder money
FRANCE
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Theft from Trailer at
unsecured motorway rest areas and Theft of Trailer are the most popular incidents of cargo crime
• 672 Thefts from Trailers confirmed by police in Lower Saxony in 2014
• Estimates suggest 5,000 Theft from Trailer crimes in 2014 for Germany as a whole
• German police confirm 1,700 Thefts of Trucks/Trailers with or without load in 2013. 2014 data not yet available
• Facility burglaries are quite common in Germany, notably targeting SMEs in more rural areas
• Germany suffers from having only two recognised secure parking stops (Uhrsleben at the A2 in the north and Wörnitz on the A7 in the south), says the European Secure Parking Organisation (ESPORG)
• Criminal gangs target unsecured rest areas and service stations because they offer the biggest choice of potential victim vehicles
• The motorways most concerned in cargo crime incidents are the A2 (west/east), A4 (west/east) and A7 (north/south)
• Most Theft from Vehicle crimes are the work of opportunistic gangs that cut the curtain sides or break the locks of trucks to view the cargo inside. Uninteresting loads remain untouched
• It is not uncommon for several dozen vehicles in the same stop to have their curtain sides slashed open in the same night and thieves frequently return to stops where they have been successful before
• Trying to avoid confrontation with their victims, criminals tend to operate under the cover of night while truck drivers are asleep. If the thieves are disturbed they tend to run away
• Electronics and Metal products are the main targets followed by Cosmetics & Hygiene goods, Food & Beverage and Clothing & Footwear
• Many criminal gangs have their roots in neighbouring Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and also Ukraine
• Fraudulent pick-ups are on the increase, with criminals using online freight exchanges to pose as legitimate carriers to obtain transport orders
GERMANY
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Theft from Trailer is the most
common incident type at unsecured motorway service stations and rest areas
• Main areas of concern; the M10 motorway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, the M4 between Moscow and Rostov-on-Don, and the M1 between Moscow and the border with Poland
• Fraudulent pick-ups are common in Russia, especially in the Moscow and St. Petersburg regions
• Russia also suffers from a high number of facility burglaries, facility robberies and truck hijackings
• Theft from a Moving Vehicle is far more common in Russia than in any other market
• Official data (latest: Jan-Sept 2013) shows 32,888 theft incidents in the transport industry in Russia, including 577 truck hijackings and robberies
• Russia does not have any secured parking locations of note
• The country’s road system is still being modernised. It is highly likely that a shipment through Russia will have no option but to stop at some point due to unpaved, unlit or unfit roads
• The sheer distance between LEA forces is another factor that aids criminal activities
• Organised gangs are known to be operating across Russia
• In-demand goods such as Consumer Electronics, Food & Beverage, Tobacco and Cosmetics & Hygiene products are most wanted by Russian criminals and can be easily absorbed into the legitimate market
• The M.O. of criminals tend to be sophisticated in the urban areas (multi-stage fraud schemes, fake carriers and drivers, seal manipulation and GPS jamming) and violent in remote areas with hijackings and robberies in regions such as Urals, Siberia and Far East
• Organised gangs can easily purchase or expertly mimic legitimate transport firms
• Fake police are another problem. Cutbacks and collusion means criminals can easily acquire all manner of legitimate documentation and equipment to affect traffic and cause trucks to stop
• The level of poverty is resulting in a rise in ‘amateur’ cargo theft, which is seen as a means of acquiring goods for both personal use and resale
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Theft from Trailer is the dominant type
of incident• Facility burglary is another major
component of cargo crime with criminals looking to steal a broad spectrum of products
• Violence is seen as a complication to be avoided by criminals given the difference in penalties between thefts and thefts with an aspect of ‘assault’
• The well-developed motorway network enables criminals to travel the country
• Intrusion at unsecured parking locations occurs along the busiest routes, such as the A1/M1 from London north to Scotland, the M5/6 motorways along the west of England from Devon to Birmingham and to Manchester/Liverpool, the M40 from London towards Birmingham, and the A14 from the port of Felixstowe west towards Birmingham
• Burglaries mostly occur at weekends when there is often no workforce onsite to protect goods
• Fraud is a major concern, such as criminals posing an company employees to approach HGV drivers to say the drop off point has changed. At the second location the cargo is stolen. This reflects the lack of robust handover procedures in some logistics firms
• The use of online freight exchanges and fraudulent websites/email are also a feature in the UK market. Fraudsters in Central and Eastern Europe routinely present themselves as well-respected UK companies to commit fraud in Central and Eastern Europe
• LEA intelligence suggests there are close to 50 organised cargo theft gangs operating in the UK
• Perfumes, pharmaceuticals, electronics, alcohol, tobacco, clothing, plant and material, and metal are the main targets
• Criminals will track drivers and loads via social media and may even outsource the hacking of an order system to divert cargo away from the supply chain
• Thieves have been known to purchase a company in trouble and to operate it long enough to win contracts to carry the cargo of their choice
• Cybercrime is an increasing threat to the supply chain in the UK
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Theft from Trailer is by far the most
frequent cargo crime with 366 incidents officially recorded by Dutch police in 2014, 15% less than in 2013
• Theft from Trailer crimes in the Netherlands tend to occur in laybys along smaller regional roads or in industrial estates where loaded vehicles are often left unattended for long periods
• Transit routes into Germany and Belgium are the most predominant locations for Theft from Trailer
• Most targeted areas by criminals are Venlo, Asten, Appeldoorn, Hazeldonk and Breda
• The most dangerous motorway rest areas in 2014 were A50 (De Somp and Ganzenven), A67 (Oeienbosch), A2 (Bosserhof), and A16 (Hazeldonk-West)
• Thefts of Trailers with load are frequent too, 46 were recorded in 2014, mostly around Helmond, Rotterdam, Etten-Leur, Tilburg and Breda and occurring during the night and at wekends
• Truck hijackings and robberies seldom occur
• Holland is attractive to criminals targeting electronics products due to its high number of electronics company's warehouses and distribution centres
• Curtain slashing featured in 61% of all Theft from Trailer incidents in 2014
• Both local and foreign criminal groups are operating in the Netherlands, including travelling gangs from Central and Eastern Europe
• Cargo crime in the Netherlands is becoming more dispersed across the country
• Fraudulent pick-ups increased as a result of companies using online freight exchange sites. 23 incidents were recorded in 2014 compared to six in 2013
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15 TAPA APAC
Vigilant invited Derick Ding, General Manager of TAPA Asia Pacific to explain the objectives for the event:
TAPA Asia Pacific, via this conference, is hoping to increase the level of focus on supply chain security with the industry-at-large. We hope to produce a cohesive and collaborative effort from players within the supply chain that will improve security. At the same time, TAPA Asia Pacific wants to widen the panorama of supply chain security to include brand protection, risk and crisis management, investigation and jurisdiction. We want to encompass the surge of interest towards regulatory compliance in the supply chain where the security component is a significant driver towards resiliency and robust security management.
The conference will strongly advocate
the need for TAPA as a business catalyst, enhancer and enabler by directly pushing security as a vital component of every organisation rather than just being seen as a support function. It is time that we became vocal to express our steadfast approach towards a seamless, safe and secured supply chain.
We have crafted the conference to be all-inclusive but it is tilted heavily towards security practitioners and professionals. We hope to attract the interest of the supply chain generators within an organisation who understand the importance of achieving timely and secure deliveries to their customers with little or no hindrance. This also applies to the risk and crisis management people in companies.
In addition, the framework of the conference debates will attract copyright, brand and
insurance experts too and invitations will also be extended to Law Enforcement Agencies, especially border protection and customs officials.
As well as providing benefits to TAPA members worldwide, we hope the non-member delegates attending the conference will see this as an opportunity to measure the influence of TAPA and to consider the value of joining the Association. In the regard, we will be reaching out to Buyer members to extend invitations to their vendors, partners, and sub-contractors who are engaged in their supply chains.
All TAPA members are invited to participate in the conference. Discounted rates for TAPA members start at US$378, which includes three nights hotel accommodation, transfers to and from the airport, and the two-day-conference. Flights and dinner are not included.
For more information, go to www.tapa-apac.org/conference-registration
TAPA Asia Pacific hopes to attract some 350 delegates to its TAPA APAC Supply Chain Conference in Phuket, Thailand, on 9-11 September as it aims to raise the level of discussion and action in the region to support supply chain security.
‘We hope to attract the interest of the supply chain generators within an organisation who understand the importance of achieving timely and secure deliveries to their customers with little or no hindrance.’
TAPA APAC SUPPLY CHAIN CONFERENCE IN THAILAND AIMS TO ATTRACT 350 DELEGATES; REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
16 AMERICAS DATA
CargoNet recorded 194 cargo thefts in the three months ended March 31, 2015, up 7% on Q1 2014. Its report shows more than $23 million of cargo was stolen in the first three months of the year in the U.S., $14m more than the losses recorded a year ago. It quotes an average loss for Q1 2015 of $83,329 per theft.
California recorded most cargo thefts with 30 in Q1. Texas was close behind with 27, Georgia and New Jersey each reported
24, while a further 20 took place in Florida. Warehouses and distribution centres continued to be the most common theft locations, accounting for 23% of the total. 16% took place at truck stops, while parking lots and unsecured yards both contributed 10%, CargoNet says. 33% of thefts involved Food & Beverage products but Consumer Electronics suffered the most costly losses of a combined $8.19m despite only making up 13% of losses.
In its quarterly report on the U.S. market, FreightWatch International indicated a14% fall in the number of cargo crimes it reported in Q1 to 191 incidents. The large rise in average values – FreightWatch stated $256,966 in Q1 – reflects organised criminals targeting more lucrative shipments, the company said. FreightWatch recorded most crimes in New Jersey, which represented 19% of the total for the quarter.
Texas Senate backs felony cargo theft law Stronger punishment for cargo criminals in Texas is a step closer to becoming a reality after the Senate voted 30-1 on April 29 to advance a bill that would establish cargo theft as a specific offence and impose escalating fines and punishment based on the value of the stolen goods.
The bill defines offenders as anyone who “knowingly or intentionally conducts, promotes, or
facilitates an activity” involving the receipt, possession, concealment, storage, sale, or
abandonment of stolen cargo, reports LandLine magazine. Offenders would face felony charges that range from six months behind bars for loads valued at less than $10,000 to as much as life in prison for loads valued
at more than $200,000. Any damage to the truck or trailer would also be included in the value
of the load.
Two new reports on cargo crime losses in the United States in the first quarter of 2015 show a continuing upward trend, with average losses of up to $256,966 – 25% higher year-on-year.
NEW REPORTS SHOW CARGO THIEVES IN THE U.S. CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON HIGHEST VALUE PRODUCTS
Crime does not pay …A truck driver from Ohio who exploited his position to steal merchandise valued at more that $1,000 is facing a fine of up to $250,000 and up to 10 years in prison.
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JUNE01 - 05
IAPH World Ports Congress - Hamburg (DE) http://www.iaphworldports.org/
02 - 04
Infosecurity - London (GB) http://www.infosecurityeurope.com/
02 - 04
ISDEF - Tel Aviv (IL) http://www.isdefexpo.com/
02 - 04
ISS World - Prague (CZ) http://www.issworldtraining.com/ISS_EU-ROPE/
05 - 07
Transport-AR - Arad (RO) http://www.ccia-arad.ro/
08 - 10
World Mail & Express Europe - Genval (BE) http://www.cvent.com/events/world-mail-and-express-europe-2015/event-summary-872c4e51159241118ee270b94c2afb0c.aspx
09 - 11
SDW - London (GB) http://www.sdw2015.com/venue/#.VECjpF-dIomM
09 - 11
S.I.L. - Barcelona (ES) http://www.silbcn.com/es/index.php
09 - 11
TOC Container Supply Chain Europe Rotterdam (NL) http://www.tocevents-europe.com/
TAPA AND INDUSTRY events...
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23 TAPA Netherlands Regional Conference Schiphol (NL) http://www.tapaemea.com/information/ conferences/regional-conferences.html
23 TAPA U.K. Regional Conference Coventry (GB) http://www.tapaemea.com/information/ conferences/regional-conferences.html
30 - 01
The Mail & Express Delivery Show London (GB) http://www.cvent.com/events/mail-express-delivery-show-2015/event-summary-09977e115811419db01468e0dd9aea4d.aspx
JUNE30 - 01
Africarail Transport Security & Safety Johannesburg (ZA) http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/africa-rail/?pk_campaign=Terr-Listing&pk_kwd=Africa http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/transport-security-safety-africa/?pk_campaign=Terr-Listing&pk_kwd=Africa
Police investigate theft from wine warehouseThieves broke into a wine warehouse and stole goods worth some €150,000 in Basingstoke, United Kingdom. The site is surrounded by an 8-foot fence, closely monitored by CCTV and delivery vans must wait to be admit-ted to the site. Police investigating the theft say the criminals would have to have used a van to transport the stolen wine due to the large number of boxes stolen.
Still time to register for the next TAPA EMEA Regional Conferences in the UK and the Netherlands There is still time for TAPA EMEA members to book spaces at next month’s Regional Conferences in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which both take place on 23 June.The UK event will take place in Coventry and Amsterdam will host delegates in the Netherlands.
Members can also register for the South Africa event in Johannesburg on July 17 and the Italy regional conference in Florence on October 21.
Each location has been chosen because of consistently high cargo crime rates and
delegates will hear updates from a variety of speakers addressing issues related to local supply chain security. Every TAPA EMEA event also includes the opportunity to participate in a Q & A with speakers and time is also allocated for networking.
To register for any of the four events, go to the TAPA EMEA website.
