Industry News Articles

MARYLAND — GPS gadgets can guide you to virtually any place on the globe these days, but one hidden in a truckload of stolen cellphones might have put Walter Lee Green on the road to prison.  (Read more...)

Warren, NJ — Consumer electronics, food and clothing are the three most stolen cargoes, and thefts of these and other items occur most often during the weekend, according to statistics compiled by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. (Read more...)

LOS ANGELES — Six people are arrested in an undercover investigation at the Port of Long Beach. (View video...)

DALLAS — While Wall Street is tanking, another market is booming. Authorities say nationwide losses from cargo thefts, largely truck heists, have reached at least $15 billion annually.  "People don't realize how big it is," said J.J. Coughlin, a former Dallas police officer who chairs the Southwest Transportation Security Council. "It's kind of a silent crime. It's not romantic and exciting.

DALLAS — While Wall Street is tanking, another market is booming. Authorities say nationwide losses from cargo thefts, largely truck heists, have reached at least $15 billion annually.

Cargo theft accounts for up to $25 billion in direct merchandise losses each year, according to the National Cargo Security Council. With more than 675,000 registered interstate motor carriers moving 65 percent of the freight in the United States, the opportunity for theft is at an all time high. (Read more...)

Cargo theft is a huge enterprise and pharmaceuticals are one of the top targets, an FBI supervisory agent told the annual meeting of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.  "There are crews out there that generally target pharmaceutical cargo theft," particularly since shipments are sometimes worth millions of dollars, said Ryan Toole, supervisory special agent in the FBI's Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Section.<

Three men were arrested and stolen goods found in a warehouse seized in Hialeah, but police believe they have busted a major cargo theft operation in the process, and it's only a matter of time before more arrests are made. (View video...)

OCALA — While conducting a sweep on Saturday night at a rest stop on Interstate 75 some four miles south of Ocala, sheriff's deputies noticed a tag was missing from a trailer that was in the parking lot. (Read more...)