- TAPA Emea

May 2015
vigilant
THE MONTHLY CARGO CRIME UPDATE FOR MEMBERS OF TAPA EMEA
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?
TIME
BOMB
Escalating
truck hijacks
in South Africa
driven by social
and economic
conditions
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
TRANSPORTED ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
welcome
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CHAIRMAN’S VIEW
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL
SCALE OF CARGO LOSSES
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thorsten Neumann
Chairman
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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-onyear. During the recovery years
of 2011/12, the number of
incidents fell by 42%.
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
iis@tapaemea.com
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TIME BOMB
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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.’
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 offramp 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
INCIDENT NEWS
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 offload 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.
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:
Police killers on way to hijack cargo truck
Two 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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TIME BOMB
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the N17 highway near Rondebult Road in
Boksburg South.
Another attack on N12
OR Tambo off-ramp
Police recover cargo worth 5
million rand
In 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 highspeed chase
Five men have been arrested for
allegedly hijacking a courier truck in
Olifantsfontein, Gauteng, after a highspeed 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 shootout 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 truck
A 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 truck
A 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
thieves
Police 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
An 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 hijacking
A 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.
NEXT ISSUE
A report from the TAPA
EMEA and Hi-Tech
Security Solutions event
in Johannesburg looking
at security in the
warehouse and freight
transport sector.
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TAPA CERTIFICATION
Latest FSR, TSR and TACSS security certifications
In 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.
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FSR
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FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
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FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
FSR
arvato distribution GmbH
CEVA Freight Belgium
DHL Cameroon Limited (Express)
DHL Express (Norway) AS
DHL Express Bizkaia Spain S.L.
DHL International UK Ltd
DHL Parcel (Netherlands) B.V.
DHL Parcel Nederland B.V.
DHL Supply Chain (Ireland) Ltd
DSV Solutions Nederland B.V.
TNT Express Nederland B.V.
TNT Express UAE
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express Italy
TNT Global Express S.p.A.
TNT Global Express S.p.A.
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Herzebrock-Clarholz
Machelen
Douala
Oslo
Derio (Bizkaia)
Altrincham
Utrecht
Amsterdam
Dublin
Amsterdam
Schiphol-Rijk
Abu Dhabi
Cagliari-Elmas (CA)
Caltanissetta (CL)
Empoli
Bologna (BO)
Ancona
Civitanova Marche (MC)
Lecce (LE)
Foggia (FG)
Perugia (PG)
Modugno (BA)
Lucca (LU)
Palermo
Piacenza
Brescia (BS)
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Over 50% of the intelligence gathered by
TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) is
generated from media reports.
If you see a reported cargo crime incident, just take a second and
send the news link to iis@tapaemea.com
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DATA FOR APRIL 2015
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CARGO CRIME MONITOR
€270,652
CARGO
THEFT BY
COUNTRY
AVERAGE LOSS VALUE
LAST MONTH
APRIL 2015
40
2
1
RUSSIA
27
NEW CARGO THEFT
INCIDENTS RECORDED
DURING THIS MONTH
DENMARK
5
NETHERLANDS
1
€900,000
GERMANY
BELGIUM
THEFT OF CLOTHING
IN BOGUS POLICE
STOP IN NOLA, ITALY
3
4
ITALY
CRIMES CLASSIFIED AS
‘MAJOR’ INCIDENTS
WITH LOSSES IN
EXCESS OF €100,000
Number of incidents in month
CARGO THEFT BY PRODUCT
APRIL
2015
2
2
CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR
1
TOOLS & BUILDING
MATERIALS
1
2
TOBACCO
1
FUEL
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
2
FOOD & BEVERAGE
PHARMACEUTICALS
1
1
BEDDING
CLEANING PRODUCTS
1
1
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
1
COOLING BINS
METAL
24
UNKNOWN
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IIS NEWS
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.
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.
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.
IIS recorded three
major incidents last
month with loss
values in excess of
€100,000.
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.
According to local police reports,
the truck driver was forced into a car
at gunpoint and driven to eastern
Moscow.
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
7.5%
TYPE OF
INCIDENTS
45%
April 2015
35%
Theft from Vehicle 45%
Theft of Container 2.5%
Theft of Vehicle 35%
Theft from Trailer 2.5%
Hijacking 7.5%
Truck Theft 2.5%
Robbery 2.5%
Theft of Trailer 2.5%
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IIS NEWS
Criminals impersonating police officers get away with €900,000 of clothing in Naples: Continued from page 8
mattresses and pillows worth
€52,415 from an Origin Facility in
Flensburg, Germany.
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
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%.
Police in the Netherlands shared
data on cargo crime incidents in
18 Dutch towns in April.
27.5%
TYPE OF
LOCATION
April 2015
32.5%
Unsecured Parking 40%
En route 27.5%
Origin Facility 32.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
7.5%
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.
40%
TYPE OF
M.O.
42.5%
April 2015
40%
Unknown 42.5%
Deceptive Stop 2.5%
Intrusion 40%
Deceptive Pick-up 2.5%
Forced Stop 7.5%
Violence/Threat of Violence 2.5%
Theft from a Moving Truck 2.5%
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NEWS IN BRIEF
TAPA on TV in
Germany
Thieves stole
€10K of
sunflower seeds
Police 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.
Michael Wortmann,
TAPA EMEA Director, was
interviewed for the ‘Markt’
economic programme on
German TV, for a news report
on cargo theft.
New 250 vehicle
secure truck park
in Dunkirk
A 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.
A separate interview has also been
published on the WDR news channel
website.
You can view the programme and
interview by following these links:
http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ratgeber/
markt/sendungen/lkw-warenraub100.
html
http://www1.wdr.de/themen/ratgeber/
lkw-warenraub-100.html
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.
WELCOME OUR LATEST MEMBERS
Please 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
Fake military
uniforms used to
steal fuel
Police 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.
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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.
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.
WHERE IS YOUR SUPPLY
CHAIN MOST AT THREAT?
10 BIGGEST ‘HOTSPOTS’
FOR CARGO CRIME IN EUROPE
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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)
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE
WHERE IS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN MOST AT THREAT?
•‘Curtain cutters’ target most heavilyladen trucks with a quick visual check
on a truck’s rear suspension
FRANCE
•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
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
•Tobacco, electronics and perfumes are
the most targeted products
•Violence in Paris/Ile-de-France 3x
more violent than in the rest of France
•Warehouse burglaries are rare,
representing just 3% of the police data
for 2014
•20% of crimes in 2014 occurred in the
wider Paris region, 460 in total
•Cargo theft in France rose 40% in
2014 vs. 2013
•Theft from trailers at unsecured parking
locations is the most common type of
freight crime, usually occurring at night
ITALY
•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
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Lombardy, Apulia and Campania is well
above the rest of Europe
•1,200 in-transit thefts recorded by
Italian LEAs in 2014, 70% of all cargo
crimes
•The Mafia is now a central player in
cargo crime
•30% of cargo thefts in 2014 targeted
facilities
•Focus has shifted to a few high-value
commodities; pharmaceuticals, tobacco
and fine food & beverage products
•The rate of violent hijackings in
•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
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE
GERMANY
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)
RUSSIA
•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
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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MARKET INTELLIGENCE
UNITED KINGDOM
•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
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
THE NETHERLANDS
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)
•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
•Thefts of Trailers with load are frequent
too, 46 were recorded in 2014, mostly
around Helmond, Rotterdam, EttenLeur, 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
15
TAPA APAC
TAPA APAC SUPPLY CHAIN
CONFERENCE IN THAILAND
AIMS TO ATTRACT 350
DELEGATES; REGISTRATION
NOW OPEN
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.
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-atlarge. 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
‘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.’
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
16
AMERICAS DATA
NEW REPORTS SHOW
CARGO THIEVES IN THE U.S.
CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON
HIGHEST VALUE PRODUCTS
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.
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.
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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REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Police
investigate
theft from wine
warehouse
Thieves 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 admitted 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
TAPA AND INDUSTRY events...
JUNE
01 - IAPH World Ports Congress - Hamburg (DE)
05 http://www.iaphworldports.org/
JUNE
15 - European SCL Summit - Barcelona (ES)
17 http://www.sclsummit.com/
02 04
02 04
02 04
Infosecurity - London (GB)
http://www.infosecurityeurope.com/
16 18
16 19
23
IFSEC International - London (GB)
http://www.ifsec.co.uk/
05 07
08 10
Transport-AR - Arad (RO)
http://www.ccia-arad.ro/
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
ISDEF - Tel Aviv (IL)
http://www.isdefexpo.com/
ISS World - Prague (CZ)
http://www.issworldtraining.com/ISS_EUROPE/
World Mail & Express Europe - Genval (BE)
http://www.cvent.com/events/world-mailand-express-europe-2015/event-summary872c4e51159241118ee270b94c2afb0c.aspx
09 - SDW - London (GB)
11 http://www.sdw2015.com/venue/#.VECjpFdIomM
09 - S.I.L. - Barcelona (ES)
11 http://www.silbcn.com/es/index.php
09 - TOC Container Supply Chain Europe
11 Rotterdam (NL)
http://www.tocevents-europe.com/
Logistics and Warehousing - Moscow (RU)
http://www.rosupack.com/ru-RU
Sicherheit + Automation - Stuttgart (DE)
http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/besucher/
veranstaltungsdetails/termin/1403/a/
showevent/c/Fair//
30 - The Mail & Express Delivery Show
01 London (GB)
http://www.cvent.com/events/mail-expressdelivery-show-2015/event-summary09977e115811419db01468e0dd9aea4d.aspx
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.
www.tapaemea.com
JUNE
30 - Africarail Transport Security & Safety
01 Johannesburg (ZA)
http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/
africa-rail/?pk_campaign=Terr-Listing&pk_
kwd=Africa
http://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/transportsecurity-safety-africa/?pk_campaign=TerrListing&pk_kwd=Africa
JULY
01 - SichersheitExpo - Munich (DE)
02 http://www.sicherheitsexpo.de/en/home.html
08 - European Security Awareness Summit
10 London (GB)
https://www.sans.org/event/european-securityawareness-summit
09 - SecProTec - Nairobi (KE)
11 http://www.secproteceastafrica.com/
If you are aware of any events
that might be of interest to
TAPA EMEA members, please email the
details to info@tapaemea.com