Cargo theft News Updates

“We’re just about flat, which tells us, we’re leveling off and we’re starting to live in that new norm,” says Scott Cornell, a crime and theft specialist at Travelers.

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said hackers are targeting trucking carriers and freight brokers, seeking to infect their computer networks with tools that provide remote access.

ATA President Chris Spear emphasized the federation's active role in this year’s regulatory changes, including in a meeting with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump last summer.

Supply chain companies need to develop risk mitigation plans that leverage insights and technologies, according to a panel of experts.

ATRI researchers conducted numerous interviews with industry participants who lost goods due to cargo theft. They also had input from experts who work to monitor and prevent this crime.

"How do you lose, you know, that many thousands of bottles of tequila?" Fieri told "60 Minutes." He said that if a theft like this can happen to his company, “then everybody’s vulnerable.”

Someone in a freight truck showed up at Westland Distillery holding paperwork to pick up a shipment of Westland single malt. But the bottles never arrived at their intended destination.

The Department of Transportation is casting a wide net for stakeholder suggestions about how to deter thieves acting on impulse and organized criminals from stealing cargo.

Cargo protection company Overhaul facilitated the recovery of $1.4 million in stolen electronics in an incident that points to the growth of more sophisticated criminal networks.

As freight brokers battle fraudsters intent on cargo theft, they are building defenses that combine multiple technologies provided by vendors and augmented by their own systems.