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Home » Report finds cargo theft is most often an inside job
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Report finds cargo theft is most often an inside job

June 19, 2019
Supply Chain Quarterly Staff
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Map showing cargo theft trends 2018A report on global cargo theft released Monday finds that the commodity most commonly stolen is food and beverage, and says the greatest threat comes from criminal organizations that recruit companies' own employees to share data on shipments and routes.

Infographic: Global Cargo Theft Trends 2018
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Following the food and beverage category (19 percent), the next most common thefts involve alcohol and tobacco (15 percent) and consumer products (15 percent), electronics (7 percent), and apparel and footwear (5 percent), according to "TT Club & BSI Cargo Theft Report 2018." The study was produced by the British transport and logistics industry insurance provider Through Transport Mutual Insurance and supply chain intelligence provider BSI Group.

The report includes several pieces of loss prevention advice to counter the identified threats, but points out that the biggest risk of theft comes from companies' own workers.

"In particular we would wish to emphasize The Insider Threat," TT Club Claims Executive Mike Yarwood said in a release. "As security measures become more sophisticated and widespread in practice, criminal organizations are increasingly recruiting employees of targeted companies to gain data, cargo information, delivery routes, and destinations and access to IT systems. Due diligence in recruiting and managing staff is paramount. In general, full or part-time salaried staff are less of a security risk than sub-contractors."

TT Club and @BSISCS have issued the second edition of their report on global cargo theft, the first to cover a full year. The report demonstrates our shared goal
of educating the industry about the dynamic cargo theft risks present across
the globe. https://t.co/SdzzZMAWRp pic.twitter.com/H2qAaP3kxj

— TT Club (@TT_Club) June 17, 2019

The research found that road transport was consistently the most common modality involved in theft (ahead of buildings and trains), but there were significant differences in the median value of the cargo affected. This ranged from just under $19,000 in Asia to around $60,000 in both Europe and North America, and to a high of $77,000 in South America.

There was also wide variation in the methods used in various regions. As a global average, the most common approach was "slash and grab" at 26 percent of cases, with "theft from vehicle" at 19 percent and "hijacking" at 17 percent. But in North and South America, hijacking was the most common method at 37 percent and 52 percent respectively. In contrast, theft in Asia most often involved "theft from a facility" at 43 percent, followed distantly by hijacking at 19 percent.

"[Our report] demonstrates the shared goal we possess of educating supply chain professionals in the threat of cargo theft across the globe," Yarwood said. "We aim to engage in a proactive approach in preventing cargo crime and also minimizing the financial loss resulting from cargo crime."

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