News / Cargo crime gang truck raid thwarted by Swedish post service sting

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Swedish post service PostNord has helped put cargo thieves behind bars with a sting operation to prevent theft from moving vehicles.

This high-risk crime has become increasingly prevalent on Europe’s roads, with gangs stealing from trucks travelling at up to 80 kph.

Some €1m-worth of goods was stolen this way this summer: 1,000 mobiles phones, worth €590,000, taken from a truck travelling on the A73 in the Netherlands in July; weeks later, a repeat crime, in the UK, after nthieves followed a truck from a logistics ...