News / Trucks on the world cargo crime front line – hijacking still the main threat

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In-transit hijackings are the number-one threat to trucking operations around the world, according to a new report by insurer TT Club and supply chain intelligence provider BSI.

Cargo Theft 1H 2018 reports that haulage is by far the most vulnerable freight mode and that, in global terms, hijacking is the most likely way theft would take place.

In South America, hijacking represents 55% of all truck theft, while in Africa and the Middle East it accounts for 51%.

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