In Brazil, road bandits force switch to sea shipping

24/06/2013

After some $468m-worth of goods were stolen from trucks in Brazil last year, companies are switching to sea freight, according to this Businessweek article. More than half the 13,000 truck robberies take place in Sao Paulo state ? and less than 20% of the cargo ...

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